Events

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Roman Empire

• Emperor Alexander Severus defeats the Persians. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 2nd century is the period from 101 to 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The 3rd century is the period from 201 to 300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Significant people Cao Cao, King of Cao Wei Caracalla, Roman Emperor Events and Trends Significant people Alexander Severus, Roman Emperor Zhuge Liang, Shu Han Events and Trends Alexander Severus is slain in a mutiny led by Maximinus Thrax, ending the Severan Dynasty and beginning what is known as the Crisis Events and Trends Crisis of the Third Century Significant people Gordian III, Roman Emperor Events and Trends Crisis of the Third Century 259 — The Juthungi invade the Roman Empire by crossing the Danube Events and Trends Crisis of the Third Century 260 — The Juthungi are finnaly defeated in Raetia by Emperor This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Roman Empire Taxes are increased in order to maintain the unity and defense of the Empire Events By Places Roman Empire Accompanied by his mother Julia Mamaea, Severus Alexander campaigns against the Persians Events By Topic Religion Relics of St Thomas are brought to Edessa from India. Events By Place Roman Empire Emperor Alexander Severus buys peace from the Alemanni. Events By Place Roman Empire Pressure on Rome by Goths, Quadi, Sassanids Franks and Alemanni Events By Place Roman Empire Emperor Maximinus Thrax and Marcus Pupienus Africanus become Roman Consuls Africa Kush - unknown king ( 225 - 246) Asia Armenia - The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, commonly called Alexander Severus, (October 1 208 &ndash March 18, 235) was the last Roman emperor The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia
• The Alamanni end Roman rule in Swabia. The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were originally an alliance of Germanic tribes located around the upper Main river ( Germany Swabia, Suabia, or Svebia ( German: Schwaben, Schwabenland or Ländle) is both a historic and linguistic

Births

• Porphyry, Neoplatonist philosopher (or 232)
• Cao Fang, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (approximate date) (d. Porphyry of Tyre ( Greek:, c AD 233&ndashc 309 was a Phoenician Neoplatonic philosopher Neoplatonism (also Neo-Platonism) is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical Philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD founded by Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Events By Topic Religion Relics of St Thomas are brought to Edessa from India. For the singer see Cao Fang (singer. Cao Fang, ch 曹芳, py. Cao Wei ( was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period 274)
• Chen Shou, author of the Sanguo Zhi and general of the Kingdom of Shu (d. Events By Place Roman Empire December 25 — Roman emperor Aurelian has a temple dedicated to Sol Invictus on the third Chen Shou (233–297 born in Nanchong, Sichuan, was the author of the Records of Three Kingdoms, a historical account of the Three The Records of Three Kingdoms ( is the official and authoritative historical text on the period of Three Kingdoms covering from 189 to 280, Shu Han ( Traditional Chinese: 蜀漢 Pinyin: Shǔ Hàn sometimes known as the Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shǔ was one of the Three Kingdoms competing 297)
• Wang Rong (d. Events By Place Roman Empire Galerius conquers Ctesiphon from the Persians however as part of the peace treaty it Wang Rong (233-305 was a general serving under the Jin Dynasty (265-420 following the later years of the Three Kingdoms period of China 305)

Deaths

• Cao Hong, general of the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms era
• Yu Fan, minister of the Kingdom of Wu (b. Events By Place Roman Empire May 1 — Diocletian and Maximian, Emperors of Rome retire from office Cao Hong (? - 233 was a general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of China. Cao Wei ( was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period The Three Kingdoms period ( is a period in the History of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of Yu Fan (164 - 233 a notable district supervisor of Hu Ji, later coming into the service of Sun Ce. Eastern Wu ( Chinese: 東吳 Pinyin: Dōng Wú also known as Sun Wu ( Traditional Chinese: 孫吳 pinyin Sūn Wú refers to a 164)