224

The year 224 (CCXXIV) was a leap year beginning on a Thursday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named as the year of the consulate of Julian and Crispino or, less commonly, as 977 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as 224 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

• Battle of Hormizdagán: Ardacher I achieves the independence of Persia from the birth kingdom and establishes Sassanid dynasty.

Births

• Jungcheon of Goguryeo, ruler

Deaths

• Julia Mesa, Roman noble, emperor's grandmother.