215
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This article is about the year 215. For the number (and other uses), see 215 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 180s 190s 200s – 210s – 220s 230s 240s |
| Years: | 212 213 214 – 215 – 216 217 218 |
| 215 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 215 CCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 968 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4965 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1629–-1628 |
| Bengali calendar | -378 |
| Berber calendar | 1165 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 759 |
| Burmese calendar | -423 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5723–5724 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年十一月十三日 (2851/2911-11-13) — to —
乙未年十一月廿三日(2852/2912-11-23) |
| Coptic calendar | -69–-68 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 207–208 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3975–3976 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 271–272 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 137–138 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3316–3317 |
| Holocene calendar | 10215 |
| Iranian calendar | 407 BP – 406 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 420 BH – 419 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 215 CCXV |
| Korean calendar | 2548 |
| Minguo calendar | 1697 before ROC 民前1697年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 758 |
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Year 215 (CCXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laetus and Sulla (or, less frequently, year 968 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 215 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Caracalla's troops massacre the population of Alexandria, Egypt, beginning with the leading citizens. The emperor is angry about a satire, produced in Alexandria, mocking his claim that he killed Geta in self-defense.
- Caracalla introduces a new coin, the Antoninianus. The weight of this coin is a mere 1/50 of a pound. Copper disappears gradually, and by the middle of the third century, with Rome's economy in crisis, the Antonianus will be the only official currency.
[edit] Asia
- Zhang Liao holds off Sun Quan's invasion force at the siege of Hefei.
- Vachagan I becomes king of Caucasian Albania.
[edit] Births
- Huang-fu Mi (d. 282)
[edit] Deaths
- Chen Wu, general under Sun Quan
- Dong Xi, general under Sun Quan
- Han Sui, sworn brother of Ma Teng
- Sun Yu, cousin of Sun Quan (b. 177)
- Yang Ang, general under Zhang Lu
