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Roman Empire

 * — is  (and succeeded) by his , . Macrinus, of , becomes the first  Roman Emperor.
 * Rome retains under a treaty with.
 * Empress, wife of and mother of  and , dies.
 * Fire in the in Rome.

Religion

 * — The of  ends.
 * succeeds as the sixteenth.
 * questions the election of the Pope Calixtus and begins his "" as.
 * Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as.

Births

 * , Chinese poet
 * , minister under the

Deaths

 * —, (assassinated)
 * , minister of
 * , advisor to, sympathetic to
 * , Chinese poet, scholar, and statesman of
 * , official of
 * , official of