The
Wei dynasty gives official recognition to
Taoism as its religious sect, and the sect’s celestial masters reciprocate, by giving spiritual approbation to the Wei as successors to the Han. By the end of the century, most powerful families in northern China have subscribed to Daoist principles.
July – Elagabalus is forced to divorce
Aquilia Severa, and marries his third wife
Annia Faustina. After five months he returns to Severa, and claims that the original divorce is invalid. The marriage is symbolic, because Elagabalus appears to be
homosexual or
bisexual. According to the historian
Cassius Dio, he has a stable relationship with his
chariot driver, the slave
Hierocles.
The
silver content of the Roman
denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.[2]
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.
A merchant from the
Roman Empire, called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrives in Jiaozhi (modern
Hanoi), and is taken to see King
Sun Quan of
Eastern Wu, who requests him to make a report on his native country and people. He is given an escort for the return trip, including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-colored dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort dies, and Qin Lun has to continue his journey home alone.[4]
Persian Empire
Ctesiphon, until now capital of the
Parthian Empire, falls into the hands of the Sasanian Empire, who also make it their capital, after putting an end to the Parthian Dynasty in Iran.
King
Ardashir I annexes his new empire from the east to the northwest. He conquers, with his army, the provinces of
Chorasmia,
Sistan and the island
Bahrain in the
Persian Gulf. The kings of the
Kushan Empire and
Turan recognize Ardashir as their overlord.
Domitius Ulpianus, a Roman jurist and
prefect, is assassinated by the
Praetorian Guard, in the presence of Emperor
Severus Alexander. His curtailment of the privileges of the palace guard becomes Ulpianus' downfall, who in the course of a riot at
Rome is murdered, between the soldiers and the mob.[6]
June 23 – Chinese warlord
Sun Quan formally declares himself emperor of the
Eastern Wu state. The city of
Jianye (modern
Nanjing) is founded as the capital of Eastern Wu. The independent kingdoms in
Cambodia and
Laos become Eastern Wu vassals.
The
Wei dynasty gives official recognition to
Taoism as its religious sect, and the sect’s celestial masters reciprocate, by giving spiritual approbation to the Wei as successors to the Han. By the end of the century, most powerful families in northern China have subscribed to Daoist principles.
July – Elagabalus is forced to divorce
Aquilia Severa, and marries his third wife
Annia Faustina. After five months he returns to Severa, and claims that the original divorce is invalid. The marriage is symbolic, because Elagabalus appears to be
homosexual or
bisexual. According to the historian
Cassius Dio, he has a stable relationship with his
chariot driver, the slave
Hierocles.
The
silver content of the Roman
denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.[2]
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.
A merchant from the
Roman Empire, called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrives in Jiaozhi (modern
Hanoi), and is taken to see King
Sun Quan of
Eastern Wu, who requests him to make a report on his native country and people. He is given an escort for the return trip, including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-colored dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort dies, and Qin Lun has to continue his journey home alone.[4]
Persian Empire
Ctesiphon, until now capital of the
Parthian Empire, falls into the hands of the Sasanian Empire, who also make it their capital, after putting an end to the Parthian Dynasty in Iran.
King
Ardashir I annexes his new empire from the east to the northwest. He conquers, with his army, the provinces of
Chorasmia,
Sistan and the island
Bahrain in the
Persian Gulf. The kings of the
Kushan Empire and
Turan recognize Ardashir as their overlord.
Domitius Ulpianus, a Roman jurist and
prefect, is assassinated by the
Praetorian Guard, in the presence of Emperor
Severus Alexander. His curtailment of the privileges of the palace guard becomes Ulpianus' downfall, who in the course of a riot at
Rome is murdered, between the soldiers and the mob.[6]
June 23 – Chinese warlord
Sun Quan formally declares himself emperor of the
Eastern Wu state. The city of
Jianye (modern
Nanjing) is founded as the capital of Eastern Wu. The independent kingdoms in
Cambodia and
Laos become Eastern Wu vassals.