Roman Empire

• The edict of Emperor Caracalla (Constitutio Antoniniana) extends Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman Empire, with the exception of a limited group that may include Egyptians. The Jewish people are among those who receive citizenship. All free women in the Empire are given the same rights as Roman women.^{[citation needed]}
• Roman jurist Papinian, one of the famous jurists who flourished during the reign of the late emperor Septimius Severus, refuses to write a legal defence for the murder of Caracalla's brother, Publius Septimius Geta. He is beheaded in Rome, in Caracalla's presence.^{[citation needed]}
• Caracalla quiets the objections of the Roman army to Geta's murder, by huge donations.^{[citation needed]}
• Construction begins on the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.^{[citation needed]}
• Edessa in Mesopotamia becomes a Roman province.^{[citation needed]}