219

This article is about the year 219. For the number, see 219 (number).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	180s  190s  200s  – 210s –  220s  230s  240s
Years:	216 217 218 – 219 – 220 221 222

219 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

219 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	219 CCXIX
Ab urbe condita	972
Assyrian calendar	4969
Bengali calendar	−374
Berber calendar	1169
Buddhist calendar	763
Burmese calendar	−419
Byzantine calendar	5727–5728
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2915 or 2855     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2916 or 2856
Coptic calendar	−65 – −64
Discordian calendar	1385
Ethiopian calendar	211–212
Hebrew calendar	3979–3980
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	275–276
- Shaka Samvat	141–142
- Kali Yuga	3320–3321
Holocene calendar	10219
Iranian calendar	403 BP – 402 BP
Islamic calendar	415 BH – 414 BH
Julian calendar	219 CCXIX
Korean calendar	2552
Minguo calendar	1693 before ROC 民前1693年
Seleucid era	530/531 AG
Thai solar calendar	761–762

Emperor Elagabalus

Year 219 (CCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Sacerdos (or, less frequently, year 972 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 219 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

• Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Quintus Tineius Sacerdos become Roman Consuls.
• Julia Maesa arranges for her grandson Elagabalus a marriage with Julia Paula. The wedding is a lavish ceremony and Paula is given the honorific title of Augusta.
• Legions III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel.
• Emperor Elagabalus, age 15, is initiated into the worship of the Phrygian gods Cybele and Attis.

Asia

• The reign of Pulona, Satavahana king of Andhra, begins in India.
• The Battle of Mount Dingjun ends with Liu Bei emerging victorious. He declares himself king of Hanzhong afterwards.
• Guan Yu, great general of Shu, floods the city of Fancheng in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng of Eastern Wu captures his home base. Guan Yu retreats and is defeated at Battle of Maicheng.
• General Cao Cao controls the Huang He basin and north of the country. General Sun Quan seizes southernmost China. Liu Bei controls the province of Sichuan.
• Tuoba Liwei becomes the first chieftain of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people.

Births

• Sun Jun, general of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 256)

Deaths

• August – Yang Xiu (b. 175)
• Guan Ping, son of Guan Yu
• Guan Yu, celebrated general of Liu Bei
• Jiang Qin, an officer in the kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China (b. 168)
• Liu Zhang, former ruler of Yizhou (b. 162)
• Lü Meng, general of Sun Quan, planned Guan Yu's capture (b. 178)
• Mi Zhu, adviser first to Tao Qian, and later Liu Bei
• Pang De (executed by Guan Yu)
• Sima Fang, father of Sima Yi and grandfather of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao (b. 149)
• Verus, Roman usurper, senator and commander of Legio III Gallica in Syria
• Xiahou Yuan, general and relative of Cao Cao
• Zhang Hong, minister under Sun Quan (b. 153)
• Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician and pharmacologist (b. 150)
• Zhao Lei, supply officer of Liu Bei