215
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| 215 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 215 CCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 968 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4965 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 136–137 |
| Bengali calendar | −378 |
| Berber calendar | 1165 |
| Buddhist calendar | 759 |
| Burmese calendar | −423 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5723–5724 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2912 or 2705 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2913 or 2706 |
| Coptic calendar | −69 – −68 |
| Discordian calendar | 1381 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 207–208 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3975–3976 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 271–272 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 136–137 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3315–3316 |
| Holocene calendar | 10215 |
| Iranian calendar | 407 BP – 406 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 420 BH – 419 BH |
| Javanese calendar | 92–93 |
| Julian calendar | 215 CCXV |
| Korean calendar | 2548 |
| Minguo calendar | 1697 before ROC 民前1697年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1253 |
| Seleucid era | 526/527 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 757–758 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 341 or −40 or −812 — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 342 or −39 or −811 |
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.
Events
By place
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.
China
- Zhang Liao holds off Sun Quan's invasion force at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford in Hefei, China.
Caucasus
- Vachagan I becomes king of Caucasian Albania.
Births
- 9 September - Aurelian, Roman Emperor, also possibly born on 9 September 214
- Huangfu Mi, Chinese physician and scholar (d. 282)