Year 218 (
CCXVIII) was a
common year starting on Thursday
A common year starting on Thursday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Thursday, 1 January, and ends on Thursday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is D. The most recent year of such kind was 2015 and the next one ...
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Adventus (or, less frequently, year 971 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''). The denomination 218 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.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
–
Julia Maesa, an aunt of the assassinated Emperor
Caracalla, is banished to her home in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
by the self-proclaimed emperor
Macrinus, and declares her grandson
Elagabalus, age 14, emperor of
Rome.
*
June 8 –
Battle of Antioch:
Elagabalus defeats, with the support of the
Syrian
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
legions, the forces of
Macrinus. Macrinus flees, but is captured near
Chalcedon and later executed in
Cappadocia.
*
Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the
Parthian Parthian may be:
Historical
* A demonym "of Parthia", a region of north-eastern of Greater Iran
* Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
* Parthian language, a now-extinct Middle Iranian language
* Parthian shot, an archery skill famously employed by ...
court, but is captured at
Zeugma and also put to death.
Asia
* Spring –
Ji Ben (or Ji Ping), Chinese court physician, plots a rebellion in the imperial capital Xu (modern-day
Xuchang), but the revolt is suppressed and the conspirators are captured and executed.
By topic
Commerce
* The
silver content of the Roman
denarius falls to 43 percent under the reign of Elagabalus, down from 50 percent under
Septimius Severus, as he empties the treasury.
Births
*
Gallienus, Roman emperor (d.
268
__NOTOC__
Year 268 ( CCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paternus and Egnatius (or, less frequently, year 1021 ...
)
*
Yu Si, Chinese general and politician
Deaths
*
June 8 –
Macrinus, Roman emperor (b.
165
Year 165 ( CLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Orfitus and Pudens (or, less frequently, year 918 ''Ab urbe condita'' ...
)
*
Diadumenian, son of Macrinus (b.
208
Year 208 ( CCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta (or, less frequently, year 961 ''Ab urbe condita' ...
)
*
Cao Zizheng
Cao Zizheng (died 218) was a son of Cao Cao, a warlord who rose to power in the late Eastern Han dynasty and laid the foundation for the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China. His mother was Lady Li (李姬), a concubine of Cao ...
, Chinese marquis and warlord
*
Gu Shao, Chinese official and politician
*
Ji Ben (or Ji Ping), Chinese physician
*
Theoclia, Syrian Roman noblewoman
*
Yue Jin (or Wenqian), Chinese general
References
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