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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
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