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Events

By Place

Roman Empire

• April 8 - Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. Macrinus, of Mauritania, becomes the first equestrian Roman Emperor.
• Rome retains Mesopotamia under a treaty with Parthia.
• Death of Empress Julia, wife of Septimus Severus and mother of Caracalla and Geta.
• Fire in the Amphitheater in Rome.

By Topic

Religion

• December 20 - The papacy of Pope Zephyrinus ends.
• Pope Callixtus I succeeds Pope Zephyrinus.
• Hippolytus questions the election of the Pope Calixtus and begins his "pontificate" as antipope.
• Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Births

Deaths

• April 8 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
• December 20 - Pope Zephyrinus
• Lu Su, advisor to Sun Quan, sympathetic to Liu Bei
• Wang Can, Chinese poet.

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