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Year '''212''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Asper and Camilius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 965 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 212 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 ====
* 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>

== Deaths ==
* [[Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor]], daughter of [[Marcus Aurelius]] (b. [[160]])
* [[Gao You]], Chinese scholar, historian, politician and writer (b [[168]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bumbacher |first=Stephan Peter |date=2016 |location=Zurich |publisher=University of Zurich |url=http://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/133211/1/Bumbacher_asia-2016-0045.pdf |title=Reconstructing the Zhuang Zi: Preliminary Considerations |doi=10.5167/uzh-133211 |journal=Asiatische Studien |volume=70 |issue=3 |page=650}}</ref>
* [[Ma Teng]] (or '''Shoucheng'''), Chinese general and warlord 
* [[Papinian]], Roman jurist and [[praetorian prefect]] (b. [[AD 142|142]])
* [[Serenus Sammonicus]], Roman poet and physician
* [[Xun Yu]], Chinese politician and adviser (b. [[163]])
* [[Zhang Hong (Han dynasty)|Zhang Hong]], Chinese official and politician (b. [[153]])

== References ==
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