Having suffered heavy losses since invading
Scotland in
208, Emperor
Septimius Severus sends his son -
Caracalla - to systematically wipe out and torture the Scots into submission.[1]
December 19 – Geta is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet Caracalla, to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives the
Praetorian Guard murders him, and he dies in the arms of his mother
Julia Domna.
Emperor Caracalla leaves
Rome and expels some
Germanic marauders from
Gaul, while his mother,
Julia Domna, rules the Empire.[2] He defends the northern
Rhine frontier against the
Alamanni and the
Chatti. Caracalla wins over the
Germanic tribes on the banks of the
River Main, and gives himself the title "Germanicus". It is probably while campaigning in
Germania that he takes a liking to the caracalla, a
Celtic or
Germanictunic from which he acquires the name by which he is known.
China (Han dynasty)
Cao Cao, the prime minister of the
Han dynasty, is titled Wei Gong (Duke of Wei) and given a fief of ten cities under his domain.[3] This later becomes the
Kingdom of Wei.
Caracalla's troops massacre the population of
Alexandria, Egypt,[5] beginning with the leading citizens. The emperor is angry about a
satire, produced in Alexandria, mocking his claim that he killed
Geta in self-defense.
A
coin, the
Antoninianus, is introduced.[6][7] The weight of this coin is a mere 1/50 of a pound. Copper disappears gradually, and by the middle of the
third century, with Rome's
economy in crisis, the Antonianus will be the only official currency.
Summer –
Battle of Nisibis: A Roman army, under the command of Macrinus, is defeated in a three days' battle by the Parthians at
Nisibis, in the province of Mesopotamia.
Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the
Parthian court, but is captured at
Zeugma and also put to death.
Asia
Spring –
Ji Ben (or Ji Ping), Chinese court physician, plots a rebellion in the imperial capital Xu (modern-day
Xuchang), but the revolt is suppressed and the conspirators are captured and executed.
By topic
Commerce
The
silver content of the Roman
denarius falls to 43 percent under the reign of Elagabalus, down from 50 percent under
Septimius Severus, as he empties the treasury.
Julia Maesa arranges, for her grandson Elagabalus, a marriage with
Julia Paula. The
wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of
Augusta.
Having suffered heavy losses since invading
Scotland in
208, Emperor
Septimius Severus sends his son -
Caracalla - to systematically wipe out and torture the Scots into submission.[1]
December 19 – Geta is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet Caracalla, to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives the
Praetorian Guard murders him, and he dies in the arms of his mother
Julia Domna.
Emperor Caracalla leaves
Rome and expels some
Germanic marauders from
Gaul, while his mother,
Julia Domna, rules the Empire.[2] He defends the northern
Rhine frontier against the
Alamanni and the
Chatti. Caracalla wins over the
Germanic tribes on the banks of the
River Main, and gives himself the title "Germanicus". It is probably while campaigning in
Germania that he takes a liking to the caracalla, a
Celtic or
Germanictunic from which he acquires the name by which he is known.
China (Han dynasty)
Cao Cao, the prime minister of the
Han dynasty, is titled Wei Gong (Duke of Wei) and given a fief of ten cities under his domain.[3] This later becomes the
Kingdom of Wei.
Caracalla's troops massacre the population of
Alexandria, Egypt,[5] beginning with the leading citizens. The emperor is angry about a
satire, produced in Alexandria, mocking his claim that he killed
Geta in self-defense.
A
coin, the
Antoninianus, is introduced.[6][7] The weight of this coin is a mere 1/50 of a pound. Copper disappears gradually, and by the middle of the
third century, with Rome's
economy in crisis, the Antonianus will be the only official currency.
Summer –
Battle of Nisibis: A Roman army, under the command of Macrinus, is defeated in a three days' battle by the Parthians at
Nisibis, in the province of Mesopotamia.
Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the
Parthian court, but is captured at
Zeugma and also put to death.
Asia
Spring –
Ji Ben (or Ji Ping), Chinese court physician, plots a rebellion in the imperial capital Xu (modern-day
Xuchang), but the revolt is suppressed and the conspirators are captured and executed.
By topic
Commerce
The
silver content of the Roman
denarius falls to 43 percent under the reign of Elagabalus, down from 50 percent under
Septimius Severus, as he empties the treasury.
Julia Maesa arranges, for her grandson Elagabalus, a marriage with
Julia Paula. The
wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of
Augusta.