215

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215 in various calendars
Hindu calendars
Gregorian calendar	215 CCXV
Ab urbe condita	968
Assyrian calendar	4965
Balinese saka calendar	136–137
Bengali calendar	−379 – −378
Berber calendar	1165
Buddhist calendar	759
Burmese calendar	−423
Byzantine calendar	5723–5724
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2912 or 2705 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2913 or 2706
Coptic calendar	−69 – −68
Discordian calendar	1381
Ethiopian calendar	207–208
Hebrew calendar	3975–3976
- Vikram Samvat	271–272
- Shaka Samvat	136–137
- Kali Yuga	3315–3316
Holocene calendar	10215
Iranian calendar	407 BP – 406 BP
Islamic calendar	420 BH – 419 BH
Javanese calendar	92–93
Julian calendar	215 CCXV
Korean calendar	2548
Minguo calendar	1697 before ROC 民前1697年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1253
Seleucid era	526/527 AG
Thai solar calendar	757–758
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Horse) 341 or −40 or −812 — to — ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Sheep) 342 or −39 or −811

Year 215 (CCXV ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laetus and Sulla (or, less frequently, year 968 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 215 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.

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Roman Empire

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A coin, the Antoninianus, is introduced.^[1]^[2] The weight of this coin is a mere ¹/₅₀ of a pound. Copper disappears gradually, and by the middle of the third century, with Rome's economy in crisis, the Antonianus will be the only official currency.

Egypt

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Caracalla's troops massacre the population of Alexandria, Egypt,^[3] beginning with the leading citizens after the Alexandrian Revolts. The emperor was angry about a satire, produced in Alexandria, mocking his claim that he killed Geta in self-defense.