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222 CE

Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber. 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. Battle of Xiaoting/Yiling: The Chinese state of Shu Han is defeated by Eastern Wu.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Alexander Severus succeeds Elagabalus. He is only 13 years old; his mother, Julia Avita Mamaea, governs the Roman Empire with the help of Domitius Ulpianus and a council composed of 16 senators.source

Conflict & Security

  • March 13 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.source
  • Battle of Xiaoting/Yiling: The Chinese state of Shu Han is defeated by Eastern Wu.source

Religion & Belief

  • 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.source

Economy & Finance

  • The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.source

Births

  • Du Yu (or Yuankai), Chinese general and politician (d. 285)source
  • Marcus Aurelius Carus, Roman emperor (d. 283)source

Deaths

  • Zhang Liao (or Wenyuan), Chinese general (b. 169)source
  • Ma Liang, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 187)source
  • Bardaisan, Syriac scholar and philosopher (b. 154)source
  • Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)source
  • Ma Chao, Chinese general and warlord (b. 176)source
  • Xu Jing (or Wenxiu), Chinese official and politiciansource
  • Elagabalus, Roman emperor (b. 203)source
  • Liu Ba (or Zichu), Chinese official and politiciansource
  • Cheng Ji (or Jiran), Chinese generalsource
  • Callixtus I, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • Feng Xi (or Xiuyuan), Chinese generalsource
  • Annia Faustina, Roman noblewoman and empresssource
  • Hierocles, favourite and lover of Elagabalussource