211
Year 211 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, in the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Terentius and Bassus. The denomination 211 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
- February 4 - Emperor Septimius Severus, having fallen ill, dies in Eboracum while on campaign in Britain after an 18-year reign. He is later deified by the Senate. His sons Caracalla and Geta succeed him as joint Roman Emperors.
- December 19 - Geta is lured to come without his bodyguards to meet Caracalla, to discuss a possible reconciliation. When he arrives the Praetorian Guard murders him, and he dies in the arms of his mother Julia Domna.
- Eboracum becomes the capital of Britannia Inferior, a northern province of the Roman Empire.
China
- January - Warlord Cao Cao writes Ràng Xiàn Zì Míng Běn Zhì Lìng
- March - September: Battle of Tong Pass: Cao Cao defeats Ma Chao.
Parthia
- Ardashir I becomes king of part of Persia.
By topic
Art
Religion
- Marcus I is succeeded by Philadelphus, as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Births
- Sima Zhao, Chinese general and politician
- Xiahou Hui, Chinese noblewoman
Deaths
- February 4 - Septimius Severus, Roman emperor
- December 26 - Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor
- Fulvia Plautilla, Roman empress and wife of Caracalla
- Serapion of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch