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

==== Roman Empire ====
* The [[edict]] of Emperor [[Caracalla]] (''[[Constitutio Antoniniana]]'') extends [[Roman citizenship]] to all free inhabitants of the [[Roman Empire]], with the exception of a limited group that may include [[Egyptians]]. The [[Jews|Jewish]] people are among those who receive [[citizenship]]. All free women in the Empire are given the same rights as Roman women.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* Roman jurist [[Papinian]], one of the famous [[jurist]]s who flourished during the reign of the late emperor [[Septimius Severus]], refuses to write a legal defence for the murder of Caracalla's brother, [[Publius Septimius Geta]]. He is [[Decapitation|beheaded]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], in Caracalla's presence.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* Caracalla quiets the objections of the [[Roman army]] to Geta's murder, by huge [[donation]]s.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* Construction begins on the [[Baths of Caracalla]] in Rome.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
* [[Edessa]] in Mesopotamia becomes a [[Roman province]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}</onlyinclude>