What is 205?
{{Year nav|205}} {{Year in other calendars}} __NOTOC__ Year '''205''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CCV]]''') was a common year starting on Tuesday of the [[Julian calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Empire ==== * [[Caracalla|Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus]] and his brother [[Publius Septimius Geta|Publius Septimius Geta Caesar]] become [[Roman Consul]]s. * [[Hadrian's Wall]] is fixed. * [[Gaius Fulvius Plautianus]], [[praetorian prefect]] and father-in-law of [[Caracalla]], is killed. * [[Aemilius Papinianus]] becomes praetorian prefect. ==== Asia ==== * [[Cao Cao]] defeats and kills [[Yuan Tan]], the eldest son of his rival [[Yuan Shao]], in the [[Battle of Nanpi]] == Births == * [[Cao Rui]], second emperor of the [[Kingdom of Wei]] (d. [[239]]) * [[Sima Wang]], general of [[Cao Wei|Wei]] and the [[Jin Dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] (d. [[271]]) * [[Shan Tao (Taoist)|Shan Tao]], Chinese [[taoism|taoist]] (d. [[283]]) * [[Plotinus]] (according to his student [[Porphyry (philosopher)|Porphyry]]) (d. [[270]]) * [[Xin Xianying]], daughter of [[Xin Pi]] (d. [[284]]) == Deaths == * [[Guo Tu]], advisor under [[Yuan Shao]] * [[Yuan Tan]], eldest son of Yuan Shao {{DEFAULTSORT:205}} [[Category:205| ]]