227
Year 227 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Senecio and Fulvius. The denomination 227 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
- Seius Sallustius is executed for the attempted murder of his son-in-law Emperor Alexander Severus. Sallustius' daughter, as well as Alexander's wife, Sallustia Orbiana, is exiled to Libya.
Ireland
- The rule of High King Cormac mac Airt begins.
- King Ardashir I, ruler of Persia, annexes his new empire from the east to the northwest. He conquers, with his army, the provinces of Chorasmia, Sistan and the island Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. The kings of the Kushan Empire and Turan recognise Ardashir as their overlord.
Korea
- Dongcheon becomes ruler over the Korean kingdom of Goguryeo.
Births
- Herennius Etruscus, Roman Emperor
Deaths
- Han Dang, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state
- He Qi, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state
- Seius Sallustius, Roman Caesar
- Xu Huang, Chinese general of the Cao Wei state
