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| Years: 208 209 210 211 - 212 - 213 214 215 216 | |
| Decades: 180s 190s 200s - 210s - 220s 230s 240s | |
| Centuries: 2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century | |
Events
- Roman Emperor Caracalla decrees that freemen throughout the Roman Empire become Roman citizens (the Constitutio Antoniniana).
- Construction of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
- Edessa becomes a Roman province.
Births
Deaths
- Serenus Sammonicus, poet and physician
- Papinian, Roman jurist
- Xun Yu, advisor to Cao Cao
