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Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a
common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''
Ab urbe condita
''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...
''). The denomination 198 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
* January 28
** Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caes ...
.
** Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus.
China
*Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao
Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate Grand chancellor (China), grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the End of ...
and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed.
By topic
Religion
* Marcus I succeeds Olympianus of Byzantium, Olympianus as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211).
Births
* Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269)
* Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249)
Deaths
* Li Jue (Han dynasty), Li Jue (or Zhiran), Chinese warlord and regent
* Liu Yao (warlord), Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (b. 157)
* Mi Heng, Chinese musician and writer (b. 173)
* Zhang Yang (warlord), Zhang Yang, Chinese official and warlord
References
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