Events

By Place

Roman Empire

• The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.
• Caracalla annexes Armenia.
• Caracalla dreams of renewing the Asian exploits of Alexander the Great. When the Greeks in Alexandria mock his claims, he kills a number of them.
• The basilica of Leptis Magna, ordered by Septimus Severus, is completed.

Asia

• Cao Cao becomes King of Wei.

By Topic

Religion

• Mithraism, which had begun in Persia, is adopted by most Roman soldiers serving in Asia.

Births

• Fu Qian, general of the Kingdom of Shu (d. 263)

Deaths

• Clement of Alexandria (approximate date)
• Cui Yan (b. 163)
• Huo Jun
• Mao Jie, minister under Cao Cao
• Zhang Lu, general of Han Dynasty