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'{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{Year dab|222}} {{unreferenced|date=January 2017}} {{Year nav|222}} {{M1 year in topic}} [[File:Alexander Severus Musei Capitolini MC471.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Alexander Severus]]]] __NOTOC__ Year '''222''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Antoninus and Severus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 975 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 222 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * [[March 11]] &ndash; Emperor [[Elagabalus]] is assassinated, along with his mother, [[Julia Soaemias]], by the [[Praetorian Guard]] during a revolt. Their [[mutilation|mutilated]] bodies are dragged through the streets of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] before being thrown into the [[Tiber]]. * [[Alexander Severus]] succeeds Elagabalus. He is only 13 years old; his mother, [[Julia Avita Mamaea]], governs the [[Roman Empire]] with the help of [[Domitius Ulpianus]] and a council composed of 16 [[Roman Senate|senators]]. ==== China ==== * [[Battle of Xiaoting|Battle of Xiaoting/Yiling]] between the Chinese states of [[Shu Han]] and [[Eastern Wu]] === By topic === ==== Commerce ==== * The [[silver]] content of the Roman [[denarius]] falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.{{fact|date=February 2012}} ==== Religion ==== * [[October 14]] &ndash; [[Pope Callixtus I]] is killed by a mob in Rome's [[Trastevere]] after a 5-year reign in which he has stabilized the Saturday fast three times per year, with no food, [[oil]], or [[wine]] to be consumed on those days. Callixtus is succeeded by Cardinal [[Pope Urban I|Urban I]]. </onlyinclude>HI == Births == * [[Carus|Marcus Aurelius Carus]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[283]]) * [[Du Yu]], Chinese general and scholar of the [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin dynasty]] (d. [[285]]) == Deaths == * [[March 11]] &ndash; ** [[Elagabalus]], Roman Emperor (murdered) (b. [[203]]) ** [[Julia Soaemias]], mother of Elagabalus (b. [[180]]) * [[Bardaisan]], Syriac philosopher (b. [[154]]) * [[Pope Callixtus I]] * [[Hierocles (charioteer)|Hierocles]], favourite of Elagabalus * [[Ma Chao]], Chinese general of the Shu Han state (b. [[176]]) * [[Publius Valerius Comazon]], Roman general * [[Taurinus]], Roman rebel (drowned) * [[Zhang Liao]], Chinese general of the [[Cao Wei]] state (b. [[169]]) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:222}} [[Category:222| ]]'