228

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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 1st millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 2nd century
* 3rd century
* 4th century

Decades:  |

* 200s
* 210s
* 220s
* 230s
* 240s

Years:  |

* 225
* 226
* 227
* 228
* 229
* 230
* 231

228 by topic

Leaders

* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

Categories

* Births
* Deaths

228 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 228
CCXXVIII

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Ab urbe condita| 981
Assyrian calendar| 4978
Balinese saka calendar| 149–150
Bengali calendar| −365
Berber calendar| 1178
Buddhist calendar| 772
Burmese calendar| −410
Byzantine calendar| 5736–5737
Chinese calendar| 丁未年 (Fire Goat)
2925 or 2718
— to —
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
2926 or 2719
Coptic calendar| −56 – −55
Discordian calendar| 1394
Ethiopian calendar| 220–221
Hebrew calendar| 3988–3989
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 284–285
\- Shaka Samvat| 149–150
\- Kali Yuga| 3328–3329
Holocene calendar| 10228
Iranian calendar| 394 BP – 393 BP
Islamic calendar| 406 BH – 405 BH
Javanese calendar| 106–107
Julian calendar| 228
CCXXVIII
Korean calendar| 2561
Minguo calendar| 1684 before ROC
民前1684年
Nanakshahi calendar| −1240
Seleucid era| 539/540 AG
Thai solar calendar| 770–771
Tibetan calendar| 阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
354 or −27 or −799
— to —
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
355 or −26 or −798

Year 228 (CCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Modestus and Maecius (or, less frequently, year 981 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 228 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

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### By place

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#### Roman Empire

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* Domitius Ulpianus, a Roman jurist and prefect, is assassinated by the Praetorian Guard, in the presence of Emperor Severus Alexander. His curtailment of the privileges of the palace guard becomes Ulpianus' downfall, who in the course of a riot at Rome is murdered, between the soldiers and the mob.[1]

#### Persian Empire

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* King Ardashir I, four years after establishing the Sassanid Persian Empire, completes his conquest of Parthia.

#### China

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* c. February-May - Battle of Jieting: The Cao Wei Kingdom decisively defeats the Shu Han Kingdom.
* June-October - Battle of Shiting: The Eastern Wu Kingdom defeats the Cao Wei Kingdom.

## Births

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* Paul of Thebes, Christian hermit (approximate date)
* Wang Fan, Chinese politician and astronomer (d. 266)

## Deaths

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* Cao Xiu, Chinese general of the Cao Wei state[2]
* Domitius Ulpianus, Roman jurist and prefect (b. 170)
* Jia Kui, Chinese general of the Cao Wei state (b. 174)
* Lü Fan, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state
* Luo Tong, Chinese official and general (b. 193)
* Ma Su, Chinese general of the Shu Han state (b. 190)
* Meng Da, Chinese general of the Cao Wei state
* Wang Lang, Chinese official of the Cao Wei state
* Zhuge Qiao, Chinese official and general (b. 204)

## See also

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* 2nd Battalion 28th Marines (often simply referred as 2/28).
* February 28 Incident (referred to in Chinese as "228").

## References

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1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh ed. (1911). "Ulpian". Encyclopæia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 567.
2. ^ Crespigny, Rafe de (2010). Imperial Warlord: A Biography of Cao Cao 155-220 AD. BRILL. p. 459\. ISBN 9789004188303.