210 CE

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.

Conflict & Security

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.source

Births

May 10 – Claudius II, Roman emperor (d. 270)source
Ruan Ji, Chinese musician and poet (d. 263)source
Egnatius Lucillianus, Roman governor (d. 244)source
Dexippus, Greek historian and general (d. 273)source

Deaths

Liu Hong, Chinese astronomer and politician (b. 129)source
Cao Chun, Chinese general and adviser (b. 170)source
Zhou Yu, Chinese general and strategist (b. 175)source
Sextus Empiricus, Greek philosopher and writersource