Editing 224

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[[File:Ardachir relief Firuzabad 1.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|The [[Ardashir I|Ardashir]] relief at [[Firuzabad, Fars|Firuzabad]] (1840)]]
Year '''224''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Iulianus and Crispinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 977 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 224 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===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Gaius Bellicius Flaccus Torquatus Tebanianus|Gaius Bellicius Torquatus]] and  [[List of Roman consuls#Third century (201–300)|Appius Claudius Julianus II]] begin their one year terms as the new [[Roman consul]]s.

==== Parthia ====
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hormozdgan]]: King [[Ardashir I of Persia|Ardashir I]] defeats [[Artabanus V of Parthia|Artabanus V]], destroying the [[Parthian Empire]], and establishing the [[Sassanid Dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carter |first=M.G. |date=1989 |title='''''The History of al‐Ṭabarī: Ta'rīkh al‐rusul wa'l‐mulūk, an Annotated Translation''''', Muḥammad ibn Jarīr al‐Ṭabarī, General editor, Ehsan Yar‐Shater, various translators, vols. II, IV, VII, XVIII, XXVII, XXXV, XXXVII, XXXVIII, New York: State University of New York Press, 1985‐, SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies (ed. Said Amir Arjomand): Bibliotheca Persica (ed. Ehsan Yar‐Shater). |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021086200015978 |journal=Iranian Studies |volume=22 |issue=2–3 |pages=137–141 |doi=10.1017/s0021086200015978 |issn=0021-0862}}</ref> Artabanus V's brother [[Vologases VI of Parthia|Vologases VI]] will continue to rule, with [[Armenia]]n and [[Kushan Empire|Kushan]] support, over outlying parts of Parthia.
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===China===
*[[January 20]] &ndash; (Huang'chu era, 4th year, 12th month and the ''bing'yin'' day) At the [[Cao Wei]]s kingdom's capital at [[Xuchang]], in what is now the [[Henan]] province of China, the Emperor [[Cao Pi]] issues a decree demoting the former [[Emperor Xian of Han]] to "Duke of Shanyang" and gives Xian's late daughter, [[Liu Man (Princess Changle)|Liu Man]] the posthumous title of "Princess of Changle"<ref>[[Chen Shou]] (3rd century). ''[[Records of the Three Kingdoms]]'' (''Sanguozhi'')</ref> 
*[[September]] &ndash; In the [[Eastern Wu Kingdom]], the Emperor [[Sun Quan]] orders the demotion of [[Zhang Wen (Eastern Wu)|General Zhang Wen]] and his removal from command, commenting in the decree, "Oh, Zhang Wen, you are so fortunate to be spared from death." Two other officers, General [[Ji Yan (Eastern Wu)|Ji Yan]] and General Xu Biao are arrested and permitted to commit suicide rather than to be executed.<ref>Luo Guanzhong, ''Sanguo Yanyi'' (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) (14th century)</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Jungcheon of Goguryeo]], Korean ruler (d. [[270]])<ref name="Pyŏn">{{cite book |last1=Pyŏn |first1=Wŏl-lim |title=The lives of Korean women in history |date=2005 |publisher=Iljisa Publishing House |isbn=9788931205602 |location=Seoul |page=121}}</ref>
* [[Liu Xuan (Three Kingdoms)|Liu Xuan]] (or Wenheng), Chinese prince (d. [[264]])
* [[Carus|Marcus Aurelius Carus]], Roman emperor (d. [[283]])
* [[Saint Mercurius|Mercurius]], Christian saint and [[martyr]] (d. [[250]])
* [[Pei Xiu]], Chinese official and politician (d. [[271]])
* [[Sun He]] (courtesy name Zixiao), Chinese prince (d. [[253]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Artabanus V of Parthia|Artabanus IV]], king of [[Parthian Empire|Parthia]]
* [[Du Ji]], Chinese official and politician 
* [[Ji Yan (Three Kingdoms)|Ji Yan]], Chinese official and politician
* [[Zhu Zhi]], Chinese general and politician (b. [[156]])

== References ==
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