
Events 220s – The Catacombs of Rome
The Christian Catacombs of Rome Events The Goths invade Asia Minor and the Balkans. An Indian delegation visits the Roman emperor Elagabalus. Great frost in Roman Britain is said to have lasted for five months. Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (Elagabalus) and Publius Valerius Comazon become Roman consuls. Elagabalus divorces Julia Paula and marries Aquilia Severa, a Vestal Virgin. The wedding causes an enormous controversy – traditionally, the punishment for breaking celibacy is death by being buried alive. The first Christian paintings appear in Rome, decorating the Catacombs. Ammonius Saccas renews Greek philosophy by creating Neoplatonism.