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[[File:Septimius Severus busto-Musei Capitolini.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] (145–211)]]
Year '''211''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, in the Roman Empire it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Terentius and Bassus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 964 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 211 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== 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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== Births ==
* [[Sima Zhao]], Chinese general and politician (d. [[265]])
* [[Xiahou Hui (Sima Shi's wife)|Xiahou Hui]] (or '''Yuanrong'''), Chinese noblewoman (d. [[234]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Septimius Severus]], Roman emperor (b. [[AD 145|145]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Septimius Severus {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septimius-Severus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Publius Septimius Geta]], Roman emperor (b. [[189]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Publius Septimius Geta - Roman emperor [died 212]|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Publius-Septimius-Geta|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=8 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Fulvia Plautilla]], Roman empress and wife of [[Caracalla]]
* [[Serapion of Antioch]], patriarch of [[Antioch]]

== References ==
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