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

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[June 26]] &ndash; Emperor [[Elagabalus]] adopts his cousin [[Alexander Severus]] as his heir, and receives the title of [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dion Cassius |title=Emperors and usurpers: an historical commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman history books 79(78)-80(80)-(A.D. 217-229) |last2=Scott |first2=Andrew G. |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-087960-0 |series=American classical studies |location=New York (N.Y.) |pages=106}}</ref>
* [[July]] &ndash; Elagabalus is forced to divorce [[Aquilia Severa]], and marries his third wife [[Annia Faustina]]. After five months he returns to Severa, and claims that the original divorce is invalid. The marriage is symbolic, because Elagabalus appears to be [[homosexual]] or [[bisexual]]. According to the historian [[Cassius Dio]], he has a stable relationship with his [[chariot]] driver, the slave [[Hierocles (charioteer)|Hierocles]].

==== Asia ====
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Liu Bei]], Chinese warlord and descendant of the imperial clan of the [[Han dynasty]], proclaims himself emperor in [[Chengdu]], [[Sichuan]], and establishes the state of [[Shu Han]].
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