200 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Codification of Jewish law in the Mishnah by Rabbi Judah the Prince
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Diophantus of Alexandria 200-298 “the father of algebra?”
Kuaralabha 150-200
Lucian 120-200
201 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Galen 130-201
202 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
203 Arch of Septimus Severus (completed)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
204 The Crown (Tertullian)
ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Secular Games (Ludi saeculares) celebrated throughout the Empire
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Philip the Arab 204- Emperor
205 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus and his family visit his hometown of Leptis Magna in Africa
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Fan Shih-Man + (Funan Kingdom) (-225)
Plotinus 205-276
206 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
207 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
208 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
209 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
210 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Maeatae Confederation begin revolt in Britain
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
211 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Baths of Caracalla construction begins (-217)
Septimus Severus - (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Caracalla + (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Geta + (Roman Empire) (211-212)
212 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Edict of Caracalla - Constitutio Antoniniana - all residents of Empire become citizens
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Geta - (Roman Empire) (211-213) b. Caracalla (murdered)
213 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Longinus 213-273
214 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Goths take Dacia
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
215 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
216 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
New wars against Parthia
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Mani 216-276
217 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Caracalla - (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Macrinus + (Roman Empire) (217-218) Emperor
Zephyrinus - (Patriarchate of Rome) (199-) 15th Roman Pope
Hippolytus + (antipope) (-235) 1st antipope
Clement of Alexandria 150-217
218 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Elagabalus' mother Juliu Maesa actually rules
Macrinus - (Roman Empire) (217-218) Emperor
Elagabalus + (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
219 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
Elagabalus ... (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
220 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD + (220-589) China
Eastern Han -
Three Kingdoms + (-264)
Wei + (-265)
China divided (-265)
Elagabalus ... (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
Hsien-Ti - (China) (189-) Han
Tertullian 165-220
221 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Shu + (-262)
Han Dynasty ends
Elagabalus ... (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
222 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Battle of Yiling (Xiaoting) - Wu army stops Liu Bei, Emperor of Shu Kingdom's invasion of Wu
Eastern Wu begins - first of Six Dynasties in China (capital Jiankang) (-280)
Elagabalus - (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
Alexander Severus + (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Urban I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (222-230) 16th Roman Pope
223 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
224 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Defeat of Artabanus IV (Ardavan) King of Parthia
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
225 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Fan Shih-Man - (Funan Kingdom) (205-)
Fan Chin-Sheng +- (Funan Kingdom) ***** murdered
Chan + (Funan Kingdom) usurper
226 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Sassanian Dynasty begins in Persia - Ardashir I establishes possession of Ctesiphon from Parthians (227)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Ardashshir I + (Sassanian Empire) (-241) Persia
227 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
228 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
229 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Wu + (-280)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
230 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Roman War against Sassanians (-233)
Sujin becomes first known ruler of Japan
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Sujin + (Japan)
Urban I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (222-) 16th Roman Pope
Pontian + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-235) 17th Roman Pope
231 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
232 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Porphyry 232-304
233 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
234 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
235 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Alexander Severus is murdered - beginning of fifty years of chaos in Rome (3/18)
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Barrack Emperor Period in Rome (-284)
Alexander Severus - (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Maximin + (Roman Empire) (235-238) Barrack Emperor
Hippolytus - (antipope) (217-) 1st antipope
Pontian - (Patriarchate of Rome) (230-) 17th Roman Pope
Anterus + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-236) 18th Roman Pope
Dion Cassius (Cassius Dio Cocceianus) 155-235 Historian/Statesman (Nicaea, Bithynia)
236 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Maximin ... (Roman Empire) (235-238) Barrack Emperor
Anterus - (Patriarchate of Rome) (235-) 18th Roman Pope
Fabian + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-250) 19th Roman Pope
237 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Maximin ... (Roman Empire) (235-238) Barrack Emperor
238 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Maximin
...
(Roman
Empire)
(235-238) Barrack
Emperor
Gordian I +- (Roman Empire) *****
Gordian II +- (Roman Empire) *****
Balbinus +- (Roman Empire) *****
Pupienus Maximus +- (Roman Empire) *****
Gordian III + (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
239 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
240 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Fan Hsun + (Funan Kingdom)
241 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Ardashshir I - (Sassanian Empire) (226-)
Shapur I + (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
242 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Ammonius Saccas of Alexandria 176-242
243 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
244 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Philip the Arab seizes power in the Roman Empire
Plotinus in Rome
Gordian III - (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Philip (the Arabian) + (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
245 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
246 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
247 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
248 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
249 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Philip the Arab murdered by Decius at Verona, who was proclaimed emperor by his army in Moesia
Decius’ persecution of the Christians (250)
Philip (the Arabian) - (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Decius + (Roman Empire) (249-251) Emperor
Fabian ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (236-250) 19th Roman Pope
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Vashishka ... (Kushan Empire) (240-250) King
Maharaja Sri-Gupta (Gupta Dynasty) (240-280) Adhiraja
Cao Fang ... (Cao Wei Kingdom) (239-254) Emperor
Sun Quan ... (Wu Kingdom) (222-252) Emperor
Liu Shan ... (Shu Han Kingdom) (223-263) Emperor
250 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Emperor worship in Rome made compulsory
Plotinus and the beginning of Neoplatonism
Decius ... (Roman Empire) (249-251) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Fabian - (Patriarchate of Rome) (236-) 19th Roman Pope
251 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Decius killed in battle with Goths - persecution of Christians is abandoned (6)
Goths begin invasion of Thrace (-269)
Decius - (Roman Empire) (249-251) Emperor
Hostilianus +- (Roman Empire) ***** Emperor
Trebonianus Gallus + (Roman Empire) (251-253) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Cornelius + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-253) 20th Roman Pope
Novatian (antipope) (Patriarchate
of
Rome)
252 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Trebonianus Gallus imprisons Pope Cornelius
Trebonianus Gallus ... (Roman Empire) (251-253) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
253 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Trebonianus Gallus - (Roman Empire) (251-253) Emperor
Aemilianus +- (Roman Empire) ***** military commander
Valerian + (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus + (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Cornelius - (Patriarchate of Rome) (251-)
Lucius I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-254) 21st Roman Pope
254 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Lucius I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (253-) 21st Roman Pope
Stephen I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-257) 22nd Roman Pope
Origen 185-254
255 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
256 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Arius 256-336
257 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Valerian's persecution of the Christians
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Stephen I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (254-) 22nd Roman Pope
Sixtus II + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-258) 23rd Roman Pope
258 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Sixtus II - (Patriarchate of Rome) (257-) 23rd Roman Pope
259 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Valerian taken prisoner by Shapur I (Sassanian) and dies in captivity - persecution of Christians dropped
Period of the Thirty Tyrants (pretenders) in Rome
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Dionysius + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-268) 24th Roman Pope
260 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Odenathus of Palmyra wins a resounding victory over Shapur I for Gallienus - drives Sassanians to Ctesiphon
Valerian - (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Lactantius 260-340 Ecclesiastical Intellectual
261 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Odenathus of Palmyra puts down insurrection against Gallienus in Emesa
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
262 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
SHU - (221-262)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
263 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
264 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
265 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
WEI - (220-265)
WESTERN JIN (CHIN) + (265-316)
China reunites under Western Chin Dynasty (-317) (-316)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Eusebius of Caesarea 265-340
266 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
267 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Queen Zenobia declares independence
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Odenathus Septimii -267 King of Palmyra
268 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Goths sack Athens, Corinth, and Sparta
Goths eventually defeated in the Balkans (268-269)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Claudius II + (Roman Empire) (268-270) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Dionysus - (Patriarchate of Rome) (259-) 24th Roman Pope
269 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Claudius II ... (Roman Empire) (268-270) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Felix I + (Patriarchate of Rome) (269-274) 25th Roman Pope
270 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Dan Mykillati - (Denmark) (190-)
Frode III + (Denmark) (-310) the Pacific
Claudius II - (Roman Empire) (268-270) Emperor
Aurelian + (Roman Empire) (270-275) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Iamblichus 270-330 Neoplatonist Philosopher
Valentine, Saint -270 Martyred Roman Priest
271 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Aurelian fortifies Rome with wall - evacuates Dacia
Aurelian resubjugates the eastern provinces (-273)
Aurelian ... (Roman Empire) (270-275) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
272 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Constantine is born
Roman reconquest of Palmyra from Queen Zenobia
Rome incorperates Tyana (in Cappadocia) into the empire
Aurelian ... (Roman Empire) (270-275) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King
Ormizd I + (Sassanian Empire) (272-273) King
Paul of Samosata - (Patriarchate of Antioch) Patriarch
273 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Roman reconquest of Gaul from Tetricus
Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, captured by the Emperor Aurelian - Palmyra partly destroyed
Cassius Longinus is executed for his role in Zenobia’s rebellion
Aurelian ... (Roman Empire) (270-275) Emperor
Ormizd I - (Sassanian Empire) (272-273) King
Bahram I + (Sassanian Empire) (273-276) King
Longinus 213-273
274 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Aurelian recovers Gaul and reforms the currency
Aurelian ... (Roman Empire) (270-275) Emperor
Bahram I ... (Sassanian Empire) (273-276) King
Felix I - (Patriarchate of Rome) (269-) 25th Roman Pope
275 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Aurelian - (Roman Empire) (270-275) Emperor
Tacitus + (Roman Empire) (275-276) Emperor
Bahram I ... (Sassanian Empire) (273-276) King
Eustachian + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-283) 26th Roman Pope
276 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Tacitus is killed by his troops
Tacitus - (Roman Empire) (275-276) Emperor
Florianus +- (Roman Empire) *****
Probus + (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram I - (Sassanian Empire) (273-276) King
Bahram II + (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
Mani 216-276
Plotinus 205-276
277 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
278 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
279 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD ... (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
280 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92-627)
THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD - (184-280) Chinese Civil War (Wei/Wu/Shu Kingdoms)
Eastern Wu ends- first of Six Dynasties period (capital Jiankang) (222-)
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
281 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
282 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Probus is killed by soldiers who object to doing peaceful work
Carus dies in battle by his own troops
Probus - (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Carus + (Roman Empire) (282-283) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
283 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Carus - (Roman Empire) (282-283) Emperor
Carinus + (Roman Empire) (283-285) Emperor
Numerianus + (Roman Empire) (283-284) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
Eustachian - (Patriarchate of Rome) (275-) 26th Roman Pope
Caius + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-296) 27th Roman Pope
284 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Late Roman Empire begins (284-476)
Carinus ... (Roman Empire) (283-285) Emperor
Numerianus - (Roman Empire) (283-284) co-emperor
Diocletian + (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
285 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Carinus defeated
Diocletian divides empire - Diocletian rules the West and Maximian rules the East (286)
Carinus - (Roman Empire) (283-285) Emperor
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
Oxyrhynchos hymn fragment
286 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian + (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
287 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Carausius commander of the Roman fleet in Britain revolts as Emperor of Britain
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
288 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
289 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
290 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
291 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES + (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
292 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
293 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Tetrarchy in Rome
Carausius "Emperor of Britain" murdered by Allectus a fellow rebel
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus + (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius + (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Bahram II - (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King
Bahram III +- (Sassanian Empire) *****
Narses + (Sassanian Empire) (-302) Narseh
294 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus ... (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
295 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus ... (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
296 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus ... (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Caius - (Patriarchate of Rome) (283-) 27th Roman Pope
Marcellinus + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-304) 28th Roman Pope
297 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Peace between Roman Empire and Persia reached - lasts for forty years (337) Diocletian and Narseh
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus ... (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Athanasius 297-373 Doctor of the Church
298 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus ... (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diophantus of Alexandria 200-298 mathematician
299 ROMAN-PERSIAN WARS ... (92B-627)
WAR OF THE EIGHT PRINCES ... (291-306) Jin Dynasty Civil War
Maximian ... (Western Roman Empire) (286-305) co-Augustus
Constantius "Chlorus ... (Western Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar
Diocletian ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (284-305) Augustus
Galerius ... (Eastern Roman Empire) (293-305) Caesar