[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• Emperor Caracalla decrees that freemen throughout the Roman Empire are to become Roman citizens (the Constitutio Antoniniana). The Jewish people are among those who receive citizenship.
• Papinian, Praetorian prefect, and others who refuse to defend Caracalla's murder of Geta are put to death.
• Construction begins on the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
• Edessa becomes a Roman province.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• Liang Xing, general of the Han Dynasty
• Ma Teng, Prefect of Liang Province, China (b. 156)
• Ma Xiu, Second son of Ma Teng
• Ma Tie, Third son of Ma Teng
• Serenus Sammonicus, poet and physician
• Papinian, Roman jurist; Praetorian prefect under Septimus Severus (b. 142)
• Xun Yu, advisor to Cao Cao (b. 163)
• Yang Huai