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200
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
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Galen 130-201
202
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
203
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
204
The Crown(Tertullian)
Secular Games (Ludi saeculares) celebrated throughout the Empire
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
Philip the Arab 204- Emperor
205
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
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
207
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
208
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
209
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
210
Maeatae Confederation begin revolt in Britain
Septimus Severus ... (Roman Empire) (193-211) Severan Dynasty
211
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
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
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Longinus 213-273
214
Goths take Dacia
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
215
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
216
New wars against Parthia
Caracalla ... (Roman Empire) (211-217) Emperor
Mani 216-276
217
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
Elagabalus' mother Juliu Maesa actually rules
Macrinus - (Roman Empire) (217-218) Emperor
Elagabalus + (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor

219
Elagabalus ... (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
220
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
Shu + (-262) Han Dynasty ends
Elagabalus ... (Roman Empire) (218-222) Emperor
222
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
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
224
Defeat of Artabanus IV (Ardavan) King of Parthia
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
225
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Fan Shih-Man - (Funan Kingdom) (205-)
Fan Chin-Sheng +- (Funan Kingdom) ***** murdered
Chan + (Funan Kingdom) usurper

226
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
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
228
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
229
Wu + (-280)
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
230
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
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
232
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
Porphyry 232-304
233
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
234
Alexander Severus ... (Roman Empire) (222-235) Emperor
235
Alexander Severus is murdered - beginning of fifty years of chaos in Rome (3/18/235) 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
Maximin ... (Roman Empire) (235-238) Barrack Emperor
Anterus - (Patriarchate of Rome) (235-) 18th Roman Pope
Fabian + (Patriarchate of Rome) (-250) 19th Roman Pope

237
Maximin ... (Roman Empire) (235-238) Barrack Emperor
238
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
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
240
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Fan Hsun + (Funan Kingdom)

241
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Ardashshir I - (Sassanian Empire) (226-)
Shapur I + (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

242
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

Ammonius Saccas of Alexandria 176-242
243
Gordian III ... (Roman Empire) (238-244) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

244
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
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

246
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

247
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

248
Philip (the Arabian) ... (Roman Empire) (244-249) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

249
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
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

Fabian ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (236-250) 19th Roman Pope
250
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
Decius killed in battle with Goths - persecution of Christians is abandoned (6/251)
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
Trebonianus Gallus imprisons Pope Cornelius
Trebonianus Gallus ... (Roman Empire) (251-253) Emperor
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

253
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
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
Valerian ... (Roman Empire) (253-260) military commander
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) s. Valerian (co-Emperor)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

256
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
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) (257-258) 23rd Roman Pope

258
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) (257-258) 23rd Roman Pope
259
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) (259-268) 24th Roman Pope
260
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
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
SHU - (221-262)
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

263
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

264
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

265
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
Gallienus ... (Roman Empire) (253-268) Emperor (s. Valerian)
Shapur I ... (Sassanian Empire) (241-272) King

267
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
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) (259-268) 24th Roman Pope
269
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

278
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

279
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

280
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
Probus ... (Roman Empire) (276-282) Emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

282
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
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
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
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
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian + (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

287
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
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

289
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

290
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

291
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

292
Diocletian ... (Roman Empire) (284-305) Emperor
Maximian ... (Roman Empire) (286-305) co-emperor
Bahram II ... (Sassanian Empire) (276-293) King

293
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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