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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
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* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Caracalla]] is [[assassinated]] by his soldiers near [[Osroene|Edessa]]. [[Marcus Opellius Macrinus]], head of the [[Praetorian Guard]], declares himself [[Roman emperor]].
* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Nisibis (217)|Battle of Nisibis]]: A Roman army, under the command of Macrinus, is defeated in a three days' battle by the Parthians at [[Nusaybin|Nisibis]], in the province of Mesopotamia.
* King [[Artabanus V of Parthia|Artabanus V]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] after he receivedreceives 200 million [[sestertius|sesterces]], for the rebuilding of towns destroyed during the war in [[Parthia]].
* Macrinus, of [[Mauritania]], becomes the first [[Equestrian (Roman)|equestrian]] Roman emperor.
* Empress [[Julia Domna|Julia]], wife of [[Septimius Severus]] and mother of [[Caracalla]] and [[Publius Septimius Geta|Geta]], commits [[suicide]].
* The [[Colosseum]] is badly damaged by [[fire]] ([[lightning]]) which destroys the wooden upper levels of the [[amphitheater]].
 
==== AsiaChina ====
* [[Battle of Ruxu (217)|Battle of Ruxu]]: Warlord [[Cao Cao]] once again clashes againstwith his rival [[Sun Quan]] in [[Yang Province]].
 
=== By topic ===
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==== Religion ====
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[papacy]] of [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]] ends. [[Pope Callixtus I|Callixtus I]] is elected as the sixteenth [[pope]], but is opposed by the [[theology|theologian]] [[Hippolytus (writer)|Hippolytus]] who accuses him of laxity and of being a [[Sabellianism|Modalist]], one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the [[Trinity]].
* Hippolytus begins his "[[pontificate]]" as [[antipope]] and sets up a breakaway [[church (building)|church]] for [[Christians|Christian]] followers.
* Ciriacus succeeds Philadelphus as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].
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==== Sports ====
*According to a tradition noted by 19th -century historian [[Stephen Glover (antiquary)|Stephen Glover]], the earliest recorded game of [[association football]] (soccer) took place in [[Derby]], [[England]] as a celebration on [[Shrove Tuesday]], the day before commencement of the Lent season on [[Ash Wednesday]], and 47 days before [[Easter Sunday]] <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ls8DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22shrove+tuesday%22+217+football&sourcepg=bl&ots=fkEEj3Tvu2&sig=Z6X2OBF63i_Rw2NylMSwYF0csms&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip_JHum9DMAhUm8IMKHaiND7kQ6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=%22shrove%20tuesday%22%20217%20football&f=falsePA41 p41 ''Foot-Ball: Its History for Five Centuries''], by Montague Shearman and James E. Vincent (Field & Tuer, 1885) p41</ref> <ref>Marion von Adlerstein, ''The Penguin Book Of Etiquette'' (Penguin UK, 2007)</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Fu Xuan]], Chinese historian and poet (d. [[278]])
* [[Hua He]], ministerChinese underofficial theand [[Eastern Wu|Kingdom of Wu]]historian (d. [[279]]278)
* [[Jia Chong]], generalChinese ofpolitician theand [[Jin Dynasty (265-420)|Jin Dynasty]]general (d. [[282]])
* [[Wang Yuanji]], wifeChinese ofempress [[Sima Zhao]]dowager (d. [[268]])
 
== Deaths ==
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Caracalla]], Roman emperor (b. [[188]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Caracalla {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caracalla |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Caracalla]], [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]] (assassinated) (b. [[188]])
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]], pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]
* [[Chen Lin (Han dynasty)|Chen Lin]], ministerChinese ofofficial [[Hanand Dynasty]]politician▼
* [[Julia Domna]], Roman Empress (suicide) (b. [[170]])
* [[Dong Xi]] (or '''Yuanshi'''), Chinese general
▲* [[Chen Lin (Han dynasty)|Chen Lin]], minister of [[Han Dynasty]]
* [[LingJulia TongDomna]], generalRoman under Sun Quanempress (b. [[189160]])
* [[Lucius Valerius Datus]], Roman prefect
* [[Lu Su]], advisor to [[Sun Quan]], sympathetic to [[Liu Bei]] (b. [[172]])
* [[WangLing CanTong]], Chinese(or poet'''Gongji'''), scholar,Chinese and statesman of [[Cao Wei]]general (b. [[177189]])
* [[SimaLu LangSu]], officialChinese ofgeneral [[Hanand Dynasty]]politician (b. [[171172]])
* [[Sima Lang]], Chinese official and politician (b. [[171]])
* [[Wang Can]], Chinese politician and poet (b. [[177]])
* [[Xu Gan]], Chinese philosopher and poet (b. 171)
 
== References ==
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