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219 CE

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. Guan Yu floods the fortress at Fan (present-day Fancheng District, Xiangyang, Hubei) in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng captures his base in Jing Province. Guan Yu retreats to Maicheng, falls into an ambush, and gets captured by Sun Quan's forces. Emperor Elagabalus, age 15, is initiated into the worship of the Phrygian gods Cybele and Attis.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Quintus Tineius Sacerdos become Roman Consuls.source

Conflict & Security

  • The Battle of Mount Dingjun ends with Liu Bei emerging victorious. He declares himself king of Hanzhong afterwards.source
  • Cao Cao controls the Yellow River basin and northern China. Sun Quan rules southern China. Liu Bei controls Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing).source
  • The reign of Pulona, Satavahana king of Andhra, begins in India.source
  • Guan Yu floods the fortress at Fan (present-day Fancheng District, Xiangyang, Hubei) in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng captures his base in Jing Province. Guan Yu retreats to Maicheng, falls into an ambush, and gets captured by Sun Quan's forces.source
  • Legions III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel.source

Religion & Belief

  • Emperor Elagabalus, age 15, is initiated into the worship of the Phrygian gods Cybele and Attis.source

Health & Medicine

  • Tuoba Liwei becomes the first chieftain of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people.source

Culture & Society

  • 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.source

Births

  • Sun Jun (or Ziyuan), Chinese general and regent (d. 256)source
  • Hua He (or Yongxian), Chinese official and historian (d. 278)source

Deaths

  • Pang De (or Lingming), Chinese general serving under Cao Caosource
  • Sun Jiao (or Shulang), Chinese general serving under Sun Quansource
  • Xiahou Yuan (or Miaocai), Chinese general serving under Cao Caosource
  • Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician and pharmacologist (b. 150)source
  • Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese scholar, official and politician (b. 188)source
  • Yang Xiu (or Dezi), Chinese official, adviser and chancellor (b. 175)source
  • Sima Fang (or Jianong), Chinese official and politician (b. 149)source
  • Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis, Roman governor and politiciansource
  • Jiang Qin (or Gongyi), Chinese general serving under Sun Quansource