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[[File:Cao Pi Tang.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Cao Pi]] and his ministers]]
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Year '''220''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Saturday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Eutychianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 973 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 220 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 [[Goths]] invade [[Asia Minor]] and the [[Balkans]].
* An Indian delegation visits the Roman emperor [[Elagabalus]].
* Great frost in Roman Britain is said to have lasted for five months.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J.M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}</ref>
* [[Imperator]] [[Elagabalus|Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus)]] and [[Publius Valerius Comazon]] become [[Roman consul]]s.
* Elagabalus divorces [[Julia Cornelia Paula|Julia Paula]] and marries [[Aquilia Severa]], a [[Vestal Virgin]]. The wedding causes an enormous controversy – traditionally, the punishment for breaking [[celibacy]] is death by being [[premature burial|buried alive]].

==== Parthian Empire ====

* King [[Ardashir I]], founder of the [[Sassanid dynasty]], gains support from some [[Parthia]]n sub-kings and revolts against the rule of [[Vologases VI]]. Ardashir, a grandson of [[Sasan]], had ruled [[Fars province|Persis]] since [[208]] and six years earlier gained control of the region surrounding [[Persepolis]].

==== China ====

* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Cao Cao]], Imperial [[Chancellor]] and ruler of the [[Cao Wei|Kingdom of Wei]], dies. 
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Cao Pi]] receives the abdication of [[Emperor Xian of Han]] and proclaims himself emperor of [[Cao Wei]]. This ends the [[Han dynasty]], the former emperor being created [[Duke]] of [[Shanyang County|Shanyang]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====

* The [[Cao Wei|Wei dynasty]] gives official recognition to [[Taoism]] as its religious sect, and the sect's celestial masters reciprocate, by giving spiritual approbation to the Wei as successors to the Han. By the end of the century, most powerful families in northern China have subscribed to Daoist principles.

== Births ==
* [[Wei Guan]], Chinese official of the Cao Wei state and the Western Jin dynasty (d. [[291]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[Cao Cao]], Chinese warlord of the Eastern Han dynasty (b. [[155]])
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Xiahou Dun]], Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Cheng Yu]], Chinese official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao (b. [[AD 141|141]])
* [[Fa Zheng]], Chinese official serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei (b. [[176]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Lühmann|first=Werner|title=Konfuzius: aufgeklärter Philosoph oder reaktionärer Moralapostel? : der Bruch in der Konfuzius-Rezeption der deutschen Philosophie des ausgehenden 18. und beginnenden 19. Jahrhunderts|year=2003|publisher=Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-447-04753-1|page=68|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSMtAQAAIAAJ&q=fa+zheng}}</ref>
* [[Guan Yu]], Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
* [[Guan Ping]], son of Guan Yu
* [[Huang Zhong]], Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Liu Bei
* [[Lü Meng]], Chinese general serving under the Eastern Han dynasty warlord Sun Quan (b. [[178]])
* [[Bassilla]], Roman actress, dancer and singer (approximate year)
* [[Tertullian]], first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature (b. [[155]])

== References ==
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