[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• April 8—Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the first equestrian Roman Emperor.
• Rome retains Mesopotamia under a treaty with Parthia.
• Empress Julia, wife of Septimus Severus and mother of Caracalla and Geta, dies.
• Fire in the Amphitheater in Rome.

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[edit] Religion

• December 20—The papacy of Pope Zephyrinus ends.
• Pope Callixtus I succeeds Pope Zephyrinus as the sixteenth pope.
• Hippolytus questions the election of the Pope Calixtus and begins his "pontificate" as antipope.
• Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as Patriarch of Constantinople.

[edit] Births

• Fu Xuan, Chinese poet (d. 278)
• Hua He, minister under the Kingdom of Wu (d. 279)
• Jia Chong (d. 282)
• Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji (d. 268)

[edit] Deaths

• April 8—Caracalla, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 188)
• December 20—Pope Zephyrinus
• Chen Lin, minister of Han Dynasty
• Lu Su, advisor to Sun Quan, sympathetic to Liu Bei (b. 172)
• Wang Can, Chinese poet, scholar, and statesman of Cao Wei (b. 177)
• Sima Lang, official of Han Dynasty (b. 171)