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{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{About year|237}} {{unreferenced|date=January 2017}} {{Year nav|237}} {{M1 year in topic}} Year '''237''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Perpetuus and Felix''' (or, less frequently, '''year 990 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 237 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 == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * Emperor [[Maximinus Thrax]] campaigns on the rivers [[Danube]] and [[Rhine]] in [[Germania]], defeating the [[Alemanni]], and never visits [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. He is accepted by the [[Roman Senate]], but taxes the rich [[aristocracy]] heavily, and engenders such hostility among them, that they [[conspiracy (political)|plot]] against him. ==== Persia ==== * King [[Ardashir I of Persia]] renews his attacks on the Roman province of [[Mesopotamia (Roman province)|Mesopotamia]]. === By topic === ==== Religion ==== * [[Eugenius I of Byzantium|Patriarch Eugenius I]] succeeds [[Castinus of Byzantium|Patriarch Castinus]] as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]. * [[Saint Babylas]] becomes [[Patriarch of Antioch]]. </onlyinclude> == Births == * [[Alexander of Constantinople]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]] * [[Guo Huai (wife of Jia Chong)|Guo Huai]] (or '''Yuhuang'''), Chinese noblewoman (d. [[296]]) * [[Philip II (Roman Emperor)|Philip II]] ('''the Younger'''), Roman emperor (d. [[249]]) == Deaths == * [[February 7]] – [[Chen Qun]], Chinese official and politician * [[September 22]] – [[Empress Mingdao|Mingdao]] (or '''Mao'''), Chinese empress * [[Wu Yi (Three Kingdoms)|Wu Yi]] (or '''Ziyuan'''), Chinese general of the [[Shu Han]] state * [[Empress Zhang (Liu Shan's first wife)|Zhang]] (or '''Jing'ai'''), Chinese empress of the Shu Han state == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:237}} [[Category:237| ]]
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