218

Year 218 (CCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

218 in other 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	མེ་མོ་བྱ་ལོ་ (female Fire-Bird) 344 or −37 or −809     — to — ས་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Earth-Dog) 345 or −36 or −808

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• May 16 – Elagabalus, age 14, is made emperor of Rome.
• June 8 – Battle of Antioch: Elagabalus defeats the forces of Macrinus.
• Diadumenianus, son of Macrinus, escapes to the Parthian court. He is captured at Zeugma and also put to death.

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