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This article is about the year 211. For the number, see [211 (number)](/source/211_(number)).    For other uses, see [211 (disambiguation)](/source/211_(disambiguation)).

This article is about the year 211. For the number, see [211 (number)](/source/211_(number)). For the N11 code (a phone number), see [2-1-1](/source/2-1-1). For the higher education development program in China, see [Project 211](/source/Project_211).  For other uses, see [211 (disambiguation)](/source/211_(disambiguation)).

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 2nd century 3rd century 4th century Decades 190s 200s 210s 220s 230s Years 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 v t e

211 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths Establishments v t e

211 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 211 CCXI Ab urbe condita 964 Assyrian calendar 4961 Balinese saka calendar 132–133 Bengali calendar −383 – −382 Berber calendar 1161 Buddhist calendar 755 Burmese calendar −427 Byzantine calendar 5719–5720 Chinese calendar 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2908 or 2701 — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2909 or 2702 Coptic calendar −73 – −72 Discordian calendar 1377 Ethiopian calendar 203–204 Hebrew calendar 3971–3972 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 267–268 - Shaka Samvat 132–133 - Kali Yuga 3311–3312 Holocene calendar 10211 Iranian calendar 411 BP – 410 BP Islamic calendar 424 BH – 423 BH Javanese calendar 88–89 Julian calendar 211 CCXI Korean calendar 2544 Minguo calendar 1701 before ROC 民前1701年 Nanakshahi calendar −1257 Seleucid era 522/523 AG Thai solar calendar 753–754 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Iron-Tiger) 337 or −44 or −816 — to — ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 338 or −43 or −815

Emperor [Septimius Severus](/source/Septimius_Severus) (145–211)

Year **211** (**[CCXI](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, in the Roman Empire it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Terentius and Bassus** (or, less frequently, **year 964 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 211 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. In 211, the [Julian year](/source/Julian_year_(astronomy)) stayed behind [tropical year](/source/Tropical_year) by accumulated two days.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- [February 4](/source/February_4) – Emperor [Septimius Severus](/source/Septimius_Severus), having fallen ill, dies in [Eboracum](/source/Eboracum) (modern-day [York](/source/York)) while on campaign in [Britain](/source/Roman_Britain) after an 18-year reign. He is later deified by the [Senate](/source/Roman_Senate). His sons [Caracalla](/source/Caracalla) and [Geta](/source/Publius_Septimius_Geta) succeed him as joint [Roman Emperors](/source/Roman_Emperor).

- [December 19](/source/December_19) – Geta is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet Caracalla, to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives the [Praetorian Guard](/source/Praetorian_Guard) murders him, and he dies in the arms of his mother [Julia Domna](/source/Julia_Domna).

- [Eboracum](/source/Eboracum) becomes the capital of [Britannia Inferior](/source/Britannia_Inferior), a northern [province](/source/Province) of the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire).

#### China

- [January](/source/January) – Warlord [Cao Cao](/source/Cao_Cao) writes *Ràng Xiàn Zì Míng Běn Zhì Lìng* (讓縣自明本志令)

- [March](/source/March) – [September](/source/September): [Battle of Tong Pass](/source/Battle_of_Tong_Pass_(211)): Cao Cao defeats [Ma Chao](/source/Ma_Chao).

#### Parthia

- [Ardashir I](/source/Ardashir_I) becomes king of part of [Persia](/source/Persia).

### By topic

#### Art

- [Baths of Caracalla](/source/Baths_of_Caracalla) construction begins (approximate date).

#### Religion

- [Marcus I](/source/Marcus_I_of_Byzantium) is succeeded by [Philadelphus](/source/Philadelphus_of_Byzantium), as [Patriarch of Constantinople](/source/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople).

## Births

- [Sima Zhao](/source/Sima_Zhao), Chinese general and politician (d. [265](/source/265))

- [Xiahou Hui](/source/Xiahou_Hui_(Sima_Shi's_wife)) (or **Yuanrong**), Chinese noblewoman (d. [234](/source/234))

## Deaths

- [February 4](/source/February_4) – [Septimius Severus](/source/Septimius_Severus), Roman emperor (b. [145](/source/AD_145))[1]

- [December 26](/source/December_26) – [Publius Septimius Geta](/source/Publius_Septimius_Geta), Roman emperor (b. [189](/source/189))[2]

- [Fulvia Plautilla](/source/Fulvia_Plautilla), Roman empress and wife of [Caracalla](/source/Caracalla)

- [Serapion of Antioch](/source/Serapion_of_Antioch), patriarch of [Antioch](/source/Antioch)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Septimius Severus | Roman emperor"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septimius-Severus). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Publius Septimius Geta - Roman emperor \[died 212\]"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Publius-Septimius-Geta). *Encyclopedia Britannica*. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

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