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Year '''217''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Praesens and Extricatus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 970 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 217 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 ==

=== By place ===

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Caracalla]] is [[assassinated]] by his soldiers near [[Osroene|Edessa]]. [[Marcus Opellius Macrinus]], head of the [[Praetorian Guard]], declares himself [[Roman emperor]]. 
* Summer &ndash; [[Battle of Nisibis (217)|Battle of Nisibis]]: A Roman army, under the command of Macrinus, is defeated in a three days' battle by the Parthians at [[Nusaybin|Nisibis]], in the province of Mesopotamia.
* King [[Artabanus V of Parthia|Artabanus V]] signs a [[peace treaty]] with [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] after he receives 200 million [[sestertius|sesterces]], for the rebuilding of towns destroyed during the war in [[Parthia]].  
* Macrinus, of [[Mauritania]], becomes the first [[Equestrian (Roman)|equestrian]] Roman emperor. 
* Empress [[Julia Domna|Julia]], wife of [[Septimius Severus]] and mother of [[Caracalla]] and [[Publius Septimius Geta|Geta]], commits [[suicide]]. 
* The [[Colosseum]] is badly damaged by [[fire]] ([[lightning]]) which destroys the wooden upper levels of the [[amphitheater]].

==== China ====
* [[Battle of Ruxu (217)|Battle of Ruxu]]: Warlord [[Cao Cao]] once again clashes with his rival [[Sun Quan]] in [[Yang Province]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[papacy]] of [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]] ends. [[Pope Callixtus I|Callixtus I]] is elected as the  sixteenth [[pope]], but is opposed by the [[theology|theologian]] [[Hippolytus (writer)|Hippolytus]] who accuses him of laxity and of being a [[Sabellianism|Modalist]], one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the [[Trinity]].
* Hippolytus begins his "[[pontificate]]" as [[antipope]] and sets up a breakaway [[church (building)|church]] for [[Christians|Christian]] followers.

==== Sports ====
*According to a tradition noted by 19th-century historian [[Stephen Glover (antiquary)|Stephen Glover]], the earliest recorded game of [[association football]] (soccer) took place in [[Derby]], [[England]] as a celebration on [[Shrove Tuesday]], the day before commencement of the Lent season on [[Ash Wednesday]], and 47 days before [[Easter Sunday]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ls8DAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22shrove+tuesday%22+217+football&pg=PA41 p41 ''Foot-Ball: Its History for Five Centuries''], by Montague Shearman and James E. Vincent (Field & Tuer, 1885) p41</ref><ref>Marion von Adlerstein, ''The Penguin Book Of Etiquette'' (Penguin UK, 2007)</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Fu Xuan]], Chinese historian and poet (d. [[278]])
* [[Hua He]], Chinese official and historian (d. 278)
* [[Jia Chong]], Chinese politician and general (d. [[282]])
* [[Wang Yuanji]], Chinese empress dowager (d. [[268]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Caracalla]], Roman emperor (b. [[188]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Caracalla {{!}} Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caracalla |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Pope Zephyrinus|Zephyrinus]], pope of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]
* [[Chen Lin (Han dynasty)|Chen Lin]], Chinese official and politician
* [[Dong Xi]] (or '''Yuanshi'''), Chinese general 
* [[Julia Domna]], Roman empress (b. [[160]])
* [[Lucius Valerius Datus]], Roman prefect
* [[Ling Tong]] (or '''Gongji'''), Chinese general (b. [[189]])  
* [[Lu Su]], Chinese general and politician (b. [[172]])
* [[Sima Lang]], Chinese official and politician (b. [[171]])
* [[Wang Can]], Chinese politician and poet (b. [[177]])
* [[Xu Gan]], Chinese philosopher and poet (b. 171)

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