213

This article is about the year 213. For the number, see 213 (number). For other uses, see 213 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	180s  190s  200s  – 210s –  220s  230s  240s
Years:	210 211 212 – 213 – 214 215 216

213 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishment and disestablishment categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

213 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	213 CCXIII
Ab urbe condita	966
Assyrian calendar	4963
Bengali calendar	−380
Berber calendar	1163
Buddhist calendar	757
Burmese calendar	−425
Byzantine calendar	5721–5722
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2909 or 2849     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2910 or 2850
Coptic calendar	−71 – −70
Discordian calendar	1379
Ethiopian calendar	205–206
Hebrew calendar	3973–3974
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	269–270
- Shaka Samvat	135–136
- Kali Yuga	3314–3315
Holocene calendar	10213
Iranian calendar	409 BP – 408 BP
Islamic calendar	422 BH – 421 BH
Julian calendar	213 CCXIII
Korean calendar	2546
Minguo calendar	1699 before ROC 民前1699年
Seleucid era	524/525 AG
Thai solar calendar	755–756

Year 213 (CCXIII) 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 Aurelius and Calvinus (or, less frequently, year 966 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 213 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

• Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Caracalla) and Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus become Roman Consuls.
• Emperor Caracalla leaves Rome and expels some German marauders from Gaul. He defends the northern Rhine frontier against the Alamanni and the Chatti. Caracalla wins a victory over the German tribes on the banks of the River Main, and gives himself the title "Germanicus". It is probably while campaigning in Germania that he takes a liking to the caracalla, a Celtic or German tunic from which he acquires the name by which he is known.

Asia

• Cao Cao, the prime minister of the Han dynasty, is titled Wei Gong (Duke of Wei) and given a fief of ten cities under his domain. This later becomes the Kingdom of Wei.

Births

• May 10 – Claudius II, Roman Emperor (d. 270)

Deaths

• Zhang Song, advisor under Liu Zhang
• Zhang Ren, general under Liu Zhang