Editing 211 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[February 4]] &ndash; Emperor [[Septimius Severus]], having fallen ill, dies in [[Eboracum]] (modern-day [[York]]) while on campaign in [[Roman Britain|Britain]] after an 18-year reign. He is later deified by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]]. His sons [[Caracalla]] and [[Publius Septimius Geta|Geta]] succeed him as joint [[Roman Emperor]]s.
* [[December 19]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; Warlord [[Cao Cao]] writes ''Ràng Xiàn Zì Míng Běn Zhì Lìng'' (讓縣自明本志令)
* [[March]] &ndash; [[September]]: [[Battle of Tong Pass (211)|Battle of Tong Pass]]: Cao Cao defeats [[Ma Chao]].

==== Parthia ====
* [[Ardashir I]] becomes king of part of [[Persia]].

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* [[Baths of Caracalla]] construction begins (approximate date).

==== Religion ====
* [[Marcus I of Byzantium|Marcus I]] is succeeded by [[Philadelphus of Byzantium|Philadelphus]], as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]].
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