237 CE

Emperor Maximinus Thrax campaigns on the rivers Danube and Rhine in Germania, defeating the Alemanni, and never visits Rome. He is accepted by the Roman Senate, but taxes the rich aristocracy heavily, and engenders such hostility among them, that they plot against him. He had a road rebuilt in what is now the Golan Heights, between 236 and 237. King Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia. Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople.

In the 230s, the 3rd century.

Conflict & Security

  • King Ardashir I of Persia renews his attacks on the Roman province of Mesopotamia.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Emperor Maximinus Thrax campaigns on the rivers Danube and Rhine in Germania, defeating the Alemanni, and never visits Rome. He is accepted by the Roman Senate, but taxes the rich aristocracy heavily, and engenders such hostility among them, that they plot against him. He had a road rebuilt in what is now the Golan Heights, between 236 and 237.source

Religion & Belief

  • Saint Babylas becomes Patriarch of Antioch.source
  • Patriarch Eugenius I succeeds Patriarch Castinus as Patriarch of Constantinople.source

Births

  • Alexander of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinoplesource
  • Guo Huai (or Yuhuang), Chinese noblewoman (died 296)source
  • Philip II (the Younger), Roman emperor (died 249)source

Deaths

  • February 7 – Chen Qun, Chinese official and politiciansource
  • September 22 – Mingdao (or Mao), Chinese empresssource
  • Wu Yi (or Ziyuan), Chinese general of the Shu Han statesource
  • Zhang (or Jing'ai), Chinese empress of the Shu Han statesource