219
Year 219 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Sacerdos. 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 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.
- The reign of Pulona, Satavahana king of Andhra, begins in India.
China
- The Battle of Mount Dingjun ends with Liu Bei emerging victorious. He declares himself king of Hanzhong afterwards.
- Guan Yu floods the fortress at Fan in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng captures his base in Jing Province. Guan Yu retreats to Maicheng, falls into an ambush, and gets captured by Sun Quan's forces.
- Cao Cao controls the Yellow River basin and northern China. Sun Quan rules southern China. Liu Bei controls Yi Province.
- Tuoba Liwei becomes the first chieftain of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei people.
Births
- Sun Jun, Chinese general and regent of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period
Deaths
- Jiang Qin, Chinese general serving under the Han dynasty warlord Sun Quan
- Pang De, Chinese general serving under the Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao
- Sima Fang, scholar and official who lived during the Han dynasty
- Sun Jiao, Chinese general serving under the Han dynasty warlord Sun Quan
- Verus, Roman usurper, senator and commander of Legio III Gallica in Syria
- Xiahou Yuan, Chinese general serving under the Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao
- Yang Xiu, adviser serving under the Han dynasty warlord Cao Cao
- Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician and pharmacologist
