212

This article is about the year 212. For the number, see 212 (number). For other uses, see 212 (disambiguation).

Year 212 (CCXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	190s 200s 210s 220s 230s
Years:	209 210 211 212 213 214 215

212 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	212 CCXII
Ab urbe condita	965
Assyrian calendar	4962
Balinese saka calendar	133–134
Bengali calendar	−381
Berber calendar	1162
Buddhist calendar	756
Burmese calendar	−426
Byzantine calendar	5720–5721
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2909 or 2702     — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2910 or 2703
Coptic calendar	−72 – −71
Discordian calendar	1378
Ethiopian calendar	204–205
Hebrew calendar	3972–3973
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	268–269
- Shaka Samvat	133–134
- Kali Yuga	3312–3313
Holocene calendar	10212
Iranian calendar	410 BP – 409 BP
Islamic calendar	423 BH – 422 BH
Javanese calendar	89–90
Julian calendar	212 CCXII
Korean calendar	2545
Minguo calendar	1700 before ROC 民前1700年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1256
Seleucid era	523/524 AG
Thai solar calendar	754–755
Tibetan calendar	阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 338 or −43 or −815     — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 339 or −42 or −814

Events

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 Jewish people are among those who receive citizenship. All free women in the Empire are given the same rights as Roman women.
• Roman jurist Papinian, one of the famous jurists 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 beheaded in Rome, in Caracalla's presence.
• Caracalla quiets the objections of the Roman army to Geta's murder, by huge donations.
• Construction begins on the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
• Edessa in Mesopotamia becomes a Roman province.

Deaths

• Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor, daughter of Marcus Aurelius (b. 160)
• Gao You, Chinese scholar, historian, politician and writer (b 168).
• Ma Teng (or Shoucheng), Chinese general and warlord
• Papinian, Roman jurist and praetorian prefect (b. 142)
• Serenus Sammonicus, Roman poet and physician
• Xun Yu, Chinese politician and adviser (b. 163)
• Zhang Hong, Chinese official and politician (b. 153)