216

This page relates to the year 216 Calendrier Julien.

Events

  • Caracalla dream to renew the exploits of Alexandre Large the in Asia. He decimates the Greeks of Alexandria who make fun of his claims.
  • Countryside of Caracalla in Mésopotamie (216 - 217). Caracalla assassinated, its successor Macrin will stop the war, after a failure with Nisibe (218).
  • the Persian prince Ardachêr, originating in the Fars, revolts and conquers the Iran until the Indus (216 - 224). The revolt of the Persian prince Ardachêr seems a Persian national reaction against the empire Parthian with the strongly coloured civilization of hellenism.
  • the worship of Mithra, come from Iran, is spread among the Roman soldiers who were useful in Asia.
  • the basilica of Leptis Magna, in Tripolitaine, built on the Severe order of Septime, is completed.

Births in 216

Death in 216

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