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This article is about the year 222. For the number, see [222 (number)](/source/222_(number)).    For other uses, see [222 (disambiguation)](/source/222_(disambiguation)).

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 2nd century 3rd century 4th century Decades 200s 210s 220s 230s 240s Years 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 v t e

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

222 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 222 CCXXII Ab urbe condita 975 Assyrian calendar 4972 Balinese saka calendar 143–144 Bengali calendar −372 – −371 Berber calendar 1172 Buddhist calendar 766 Burmese calendar −416 Byzantine calendar 5730–5731 Chinese calendar 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2919 or 2712 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2920 or 2713 Coptic calendar −62 – −61 Discordian calendar 1388 Ethiopian calendar 214–215 Hebrew calendar 3982–3983 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 278–279 - Shaka Samvat 143–144 - Kali Yuga 3322–3323 Holocene calendar 10222 Iranian calendar 400 BP – 399 BP Islamic calendar 412 BH – 411 BH Javanese calendar 100–101 Julian calendar 222 CCXXII Korean calendar 2555 Minguo calendar 1690 before ROC 民前1690年 Nanakshahi calendar −1246 Seleucid era 533/534 AG Thai solar calendar 764–765 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Iron-Ox) 348 or −33 or −805 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Water-Tiger) 349 or −32 or −804

Emperor [Alexander Severus](/source/Alexander_Severus)

Year **222** (**[CCXXII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Tuesday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Tuesday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). In the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire), it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Antoninus and Severus** (or, less frequently, **year 975 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 222 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.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- [March 13](/source/March_13) – Emperor [Elagabalus](/source/Elagabalus) is assassinated, along with his mother, [Julia Soaemias](/source/Julia_Soaemias), by the [Praetorian Guard](/source/Praetorian_Guard) during a revolt. Their [mutilated](/source/Mutilation) bodies are dragged through the streets of [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome) before being thrown into the [Tiber](/source/Tiber).[1][2]

- [Alexander Severus](/source/Alexander_Severus) succeeds Elagabalus. He is only 13 years old; his mother, [Julia Avita Mamaea](/source/Julia_Avita_Mamaea), governs the [Roman Empire](/source/Roman_Empire) with the help of [Domitius Ulpianus](/source/Domitius_Ulpianus) and a council composed of 16 [senators](/source/Roman_Senate).

#### China

- [Battle of Xiaoting/Yiling](/source/Battle_of_Xiaoting): The Chinese state of [Shu Han](/source/Shu_Han) is defeated by [Eastern Wu](/source/Eastern_Wu).

### By topic

#### Commerce

- The [silver](/source/Silver) content of the Roman [denarius](/source/Denarius) falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.[3]

#### Religion

- [October 14](/source/October_14) – [Pope Callixtus I](/source/Pope_Callixtus_I) is killed by a mob in Rome's [Trastevere](/source/Trastevere) after a 5-year reign in which he has stabilized the Saturday fast three times per year, with no food, [oil](/source/Oil), or [wine](/source/Wine) to be consumed on those days. Callixtus is succeeded by Cardinal [Urban I](/source/Pope_Urban_I).

## Births

- [Marcus Aurelius Carus](/source/Carus), Roman emperor (d. [283](/source/283))

- [Du Yu](/source/Du_Yu) (or **Yuankai**), Chinese general and politician (d. [285](/source/285))

## Deaths

- [Elagabalus](/source/Elagabalus), Roman emperor (b. [203](/source/203))

- [Julia Soaemias](/source/Julia_Soaemias), mother of Elagabalus (b. [180](/source/180))

- [Annia Faustina](/source/Annia_Faustina), Roman noblewoman and empress

- [Bardaisan](/source/Bardaisan), Syriac scholar and philosopher (b. [154](/source/154))

- [Callixtus I](/source/Pope_Callixtus_I), pope of the [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church)

- [Cheng Ji](/source/Cheng_Ji_(Shu_Han)) (or **Jiran**), Chinese general

- [Feng Xi](/source/Feng_Xi) (or **Xiuyuan**), Chinese general

- [Hierocles](/source/Hierocles_(charioteer)), favourite and lover of Elagabalus

- [Liu Ba](/source/Liu_Ba_(Three_Kingdoms)) (or **Zichu**), Chinese official and politician

- [Ma Chao](/source/Ma_Chao), Chinese general and warlord (b. [176](/source/176))

- [Ma Liang](/source/Ma_Liang_(Three_Kingdoms)), Chinese diplomat and politician (b. [187](/source/187))

- [Xu Jing](/source/Xu_Jing_(Three_Kingdoms)) (or **Wenxiu**), Chinese official and politician

- [Zhang Liao](/source/Zhang_Liao) (or **Wenyuan**), Chinese general (b. [169](/source/169))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Arrizabalaga y Prado, Leonardo de (2010). *The Emperor Elagabulus: Fact or Fiction?*. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-89555-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-89555-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Burgess, Richard W. (2014). [*Roman imperial chronology and early-fourth-century historiography*](https://www.steiner-verlag.de/en/Roman-Imperial-Chronology-and-Early-Fourth-Century-Historiography/9783515107327). Historia Einzelschriften. Stuttgart: Steiner. pp. 65–66, 121. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-515-10732-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-515-10732-7). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240614223454/https://www.steiner-verlag.de/en/Roman-Imperial-Chronology-and-Early-Fourth-Century-Historiography/9783515107327) from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hopkins, T. C. F. (July 8, 2008). [*Empires, Wars, and Battles: The Middle East from Antiquity to the Rise of the New World*](https://books.google.com/books?id=VndCz15GE4wC&pg=PT84). Tom Doherty Associates. p. 84. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4668-4171-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4668-4171-0).

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