231
231 (CCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 200s 210s 220s – 230s – 240s 250s 260s |
| Years: | 228 229 230 – 231 – 232 233 234 |
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- Emperor Alexander Severus fights against the Persians.
Asia
- Zhuge Liang starts the fourth of his Northern Expeditions against the state of Cao Wei.
By topic
Religion
- Origen, disciple of Ammonius Saccas, founder of Neoplatonism, is sent away to Caesarea.
Births
- Cao Fang, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (d. 274)
- Sun Chen, regent of the Kingdom of Wu (d. 258)
Deaths
- Cao Zhen, general of Kingdom of Wei (b. 185)
- Hua Xin, adviser of Kingdom of Wei (b. 157)
- Li Hui, minister of Kingdom of Shu
- Zhang He, military leader under Cao Cao (b. 167)