218

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.

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

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

218 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	218 CCXVIII
Ab urbe condita	971
Assyrian calendar	4968
Balinese saka calendar	139–140
Bengali calendar	−375
Berber calendar	1168
Buddhist calendar	762
Burmese calendar	−420
Byzantine calendar	5726–5727
Chinese calendar	丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2914 or 2854     — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2915 or 2855
Coptic calendar	−66 – −65
Discordian calendar	1384
Ethiopian calendar	210–211
Hebrew calendar	3978–3979
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	274–275
- Shaka Samvat	139–140
- Kali Yuga	3318–3319
Holocene calendar	10218
Iranian calendar	404 BP – 403 BP
Islamic calendar	416 BH – 415 BH
Javanese calendar	95–96
Julian calendar	218 CCXVIII
Korean calendar	2551
Minguo calendar	1694 before ROC 民前1694年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1250
Seleucid era	529/530 AG
Thai solar calendar	760–761
Tibetan calendar	阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 344 or −37 or −809     — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 345 or −36 or −808

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 the 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, Roman emperor (d. 268)[1]

Deaths

• June
  • Macrinus, Roman emperor (b. 165)
  • Diadumenian, son of Macrinus (b. 208)
• Yue Jin, Chinese general

References

1. Ermatinger, James W. (2018). The Roman Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-4408-3809-5.