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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Monkey丙申( at the beginning of the year, wood sheep乙未)
Syria: 527/528 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Roman Empire / Parthian
- The Roman emperor Caracalla calls the daughter of the Parthian king Artabanus IV to wife. Its refusal to serve him as an excuse to wage a new war against the Parthian Empire.
Imperial China
- The Three Kingdoms Period: The Chinese warlord Cao Cao can be appointed by the Emperor Xian to the Duke of Wei.
- Cao Cao instigates a rebellion in the territory of his rivals Sun Quan, who is defeated by the generals Lu Xun and He Qi.
Culture
- The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.
Born
- Maximus Caesar Son of the late Roman emperor Maximinus Thrax
Died
- 216: Galen, an important Greek physician (c. 129)
- 216: Pantaenus, Christian theologian, founder and head of the catechetical school in Alexandria