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Roman Empire

• The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed. 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 Events and trends The end of the Pax Romana (Roman peace with the death of Marcus Aurelius The beginning of the end of the Han dynasty Events and Trends Commodus is assassinated on the last day of 192, leading to the Year of the Five Emperors and a period of civil war which 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 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Events By Place Roman Empire Caracalla leaves Rome never to return Events By Place Roman Empire The kingdom of Osroene becomes a Province of the Roman Empire. Events By Place Roman Empire Caracalla 's troops massacre the population of Alexandria Egypt. Events By Place Roman Empire April 8 — Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard Events By Place Roman Empire May 16 — Elagabalus is declared Roman Emperor Events By Place Roman Empire Legions III ''Gallica'' and IV ''Scythica'' are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders Africa Kush - Aryesbokhe, King of Kush ( 215 - 225) Asia 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 The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths or Thermae, built in Rome between AD 212 and 216 during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
• Caracalla annexes Armenia. Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani
• Caracalla dreams of renewing the Asian exploits of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' When the Greeks in Alexandria mock his claims, he kills a number of them. The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια
• The basilica of Leptis Magna, ordered by Septimus Severus, is completed. Leptis Magna,(لبدة also known as Lectis Magna (or Lepcis Magna as it is sometimes spelled also called Lpqy or Neapolis, was a prominent city Lucius Septimius Severus (or rarely Severus I) ( April 11 145 - February 4 211) was a Roman general and Roman Emperor

Asia

• Cao Cao becomes King of Wei. Cáo Cāo ( 曹[[wikt 操|操]] 155 &ndash March 15, 220) was a regional Warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Cao Wei ( was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period

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Religion

• Mithraism, which had begun in Persia, is adopted by most Roman soldiers serving in Asia. The Mithraic Mysteries or Mysteries of Mithras (also Mithraism) was a Roman mystery religion which became popular among the military in the late The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia

Births

• Fu Qian, general of the Kingdom of Shu (d. Fu Qian (216 - 263 was an officer of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China and the son of the Shu general Fu Tong. 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 263)

Deaths

• Clement of Alexandria (approximate date)
• Cui Yan (b. Events By Place Roman Empire The Goths invade Ephesus and destroy city and temple Saint Clement of Alexandria (born Titus Flavius Clemens) (c150 - 211/216 was the first notable member of the Church of Alexandria, and one of its most Cui Yan (163 - 216 was a vassal of the Three Kingdoms Period who served under Yuan Shao. 163)
• Huo Jun
• Mao Jie, minister under Cao Cao
• Zhang Lu, general of Han Dynasty