222

Year 222 (CCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
222 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar222
CCXXII
Ab urbe condita975
Assyrian calendar4972
Balinese saka calendar143–144
Bengali calendar−371
Berber calendar1172
Buddhist calendar766
Burmese calendar−416
Byzantine calendar5730–5731
Chinese calendar辛丑年 (Metal Ox)
2918 or 2858
     to 
壬寅年 (Water Tiger)
2919 or 2859
Coptic calendar−62 – −61
Discordian calendar1388
Ethiopian calendar214–215
Hebrew calendar3982–3983
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat278–279
 - Shaka Samvat143–144
 - Kali Yuga3322–3323
Holocene calendar10222
Iranian calendar400 BP – 399 BP
Islamic calendar412 BH – 411 BH
Javanese calendar100–101
Julian calendar222
CCXXII
Korean calendar2555
Minguo calendar1690 before ROC
民前1690年
Nanakshahi calendar−1246
Seleucid era533/534 AG
Thai solar calendar764–765
Tibetan calendar阴金牛年
(female Iron-Ox)
348 or −33 or −805
     to 
阳水虎年
(male Water-Tiger)
349 or −32 or −804

Events

Roman Empire

  • March 11 Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of 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 senators.

China

Commerce

  • The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.[1]

Religion

  • October 14 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 Urban I.

Births

Deaths

  • March 11
    • Elagabalus, Roman emperor (b. 203)
    • Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)
  • Annia Faustina, Roman noblewoman and empress
  • Bardaisan, Syriac scholar and philosopher (b. 154)
  • Callixtus I, pope of the Catholic Church
  • Cheng Ji (or Jiran), Chinese general
  • Feng Xi (or Xiuyuan), Chinese general
  • Hierocles, favourite and lover of Elagabalus
  • Liu Ba (or Zichu), Chinese official and politician
  • Ma Chao, Chinese general and warlord (b. 176)
  • Ma Liang, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 187)
  • Xu Jing (or Wenxiu), Chinese official and politician
  • Zhang Liao (or Wenyuan), Chinese general (b. 169)

References

  1. Hopkins, T. C. F. (July 8, 2008). Empires, Wars, and Battles: The Middle East from Antiquity to the Rise of the New World. Tom Doherty Associates. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4668-4171-0.
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