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- Events By place Roman Empire China By topic Commerce Religion
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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}{{Year dab|222}}{{unreferenced|date=January 2017}}{{Year nav|222}}{{M1 year in topic}}Year 222 (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 By place 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 - 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 – 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 - Du Yu, Chinese general and scholar of the Jin dynasty (d. 285)
Deaths - March 11 –
- Elagabalus, Roman Emperor (murdered) (b. 203)
- Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)
- Pope Callixtus I
- Publius Valerius Comazon, Roman general
- Hierocles, favourite of Elagabalus
- Bardaisan, Syriac philosopher (b. 154)
- Ma Chao, Chinese general of the Shu Han state (b. 176)
- Taurinus, Roman rebel (drowned)
- Zhang Liao, Chinese general of the Cao Wei state (b. 169)
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