222

This article is about the year 222. For the number, see 222 (number). For other uses, see 222 (disambiguation).

Year 222 (CCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antoninus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 975 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 222 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	200s 210s 220s 230s 240s
Years:	219 220 221 222 223 224 225

222 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	222 CCXXII
Ab urbe condita	975
Assyrian calendar	4972
Balinese saka calendar	143–144
Bengali calendar	−371
Berber calendar	1172
Buddhist calendar	766
Burmese calendar	−416
Byzantine calendar	5730–5731
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 2919 or 2712     — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 2920 or 2713
Coptic calendar	−62 – −61
Discordian calendar	1388
Ethiopian calendar	214–215
Hebrew calendar	3982–3983
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	278–279
- Shaka Samvat	143–144
- Kali Yuga	3322–3323
Holocene calendar	10222
Iranian calendar	400 BP – 399 BP
Islamic calendar	412 BH – 411 BH
Javanese calendar	100–101
Julian calendar	222 CCXXII
Korean calendar	2555
Minguo calendar	1690 before ROC 民前1690年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1246
Seleucid era	533/534 AG
Thai solar calendar	764–765
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 348 or −33 or −805     — to — 阳水虎年 (male Water-Tiger) 349 or −32 or −804

Emperor Alexander Severus

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• 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.^[1][2]
• 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.

China

• Battle of Xiaoting/Yiling: The Chinese state of Shu Han is defeated by Eastern Wu.

By topic

Commerce

• The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 35 percent under emperor Alexander Severus, down from 43 percent under Elagabalus.^[3]

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.

Births

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

Deaths

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

References

1. Arrizabalaga y Prado, Leonardo de (2010). The Emperor Elagabulus: Fact or Fiction?. Cambridge University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-521-89555-2.
2. Burgess, Richard W. (2014). Roman imperial chronology and early-fourth-century historiography. Historia Einzelschriften. Stuttgart: Steiner. pp. 65–66, 121. ISBN 978-3-515-10732-7. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
3. Hopkins, T. C. F. (July 8, 2008). Empires, Wars, and Battles: The Middle East from Antiquity to the Rise of the New World. Tom Doherty Associates. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-4668-4171-0.