218

This article is about the year 218. For the number (and other uses), see 218 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	180s  190s  200s  – 210s –  220s  230s  240s
Years:	215 216 217 – 218 – 219 220 221

218 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

218 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	218 CCXVIII
Ab urbe condita	971
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4968
Bahá'í calendar	-1626–-1625
Bengali calendar	-375
Berber calendar	1168
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	762
Burmese calendar	-420
Byzantine calendar	5726–5727
Chinese calendar	丁酉年十一月十七日 (2854/2914-11-17) — to — 戊戌年十一月廿六日 (2855/2915-11-26)
Coptic calendar	-66–-65
Ethiopian calendar	210–211
Hebrew calendar	3978–3979
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	274–275
- Shaka Samvat	140–141
- Kali Yuga	3319–3320
Holocene calendar	10218
Iranian calendar	404 BP – 403 BP
Islamic calendar	416 BH – 415 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2551
Minguo calendar	1694 before ROC 民前1694年
Thai solar calendar	761

Year 218 (CCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Adventus (or, less frequently, year 971 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 218 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• May 16 – Julia Maesa, an aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by the self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus and declares her grandson Elagabalus, age 14, emperor of Rome.
• June 8 – Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats with support of the Syrian legions the forces of Macrinus. Macrinus flees, but is captured near Chalcedon and later executed in Cappadocia.
• Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the Parthian court, but is captured at Zeugma and also put to death.

By topic

Commerce

• The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 43 percent under emperor Elagabalus, down from 50 percent under Septimius Severus, as he empties the treasury with his excesses while his grandmother, Julia Maesa, rules the Empire.

Births

• Gallienus, later Roman emperor (d. 268)

Deaths

• June
  • Macrinus, Roman emperor (b. 165)
  • Diadumenian, son of Macrinus
• Gan Ning (approximate date) (b. 175)
• Han Hao, general under Cao Cao
• Jin Yi, minister of Han Dynasty
• Lei Tong
• Yue Jin, commander under Cao Cao