The 3rd century is the period from 201 - 300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.
Overview
Events
The Baths of Caracalla, in 2003
- 212: Constitutio Antoniniana grants citizenship to all free Roman men
- 212-216: Baths of Caracalla
- 230-232: Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east
- 235-284: Crisis of the Third Century shakes Roman Empire
- 250-538: Kofun era, the first part of the Yamato period in Japan
- 258: Valerian's Massacre of Christians
- 260: Roman Emperor Valerian I is taken captive by Shapur I of Persia
- 184-280: Period of the Three Kingdoms
- 280-420: Jin Dynasty (265-420) of China
- Sarnath becomes a center of Buddhist arts in India
- Diffusion of maize as a food crop from Mexico into North America begins
- The Kingdom of Funan reaches its zenith under the rule of Fan Shih-man
- The Goths move from Gothiscandza to Ukraine and shape the Chernyakhov culture
Significant persons
- Clement of Alexandria
- Diocletian, Roman emperor
- Diophantus of Alexandria, wrote Arithmetica
- Hippolytus, considered first Antipope
- Liu Hui, Chinese mathematician
- Mani (prophet), founder of Manichaeism
- Origen
- Pappus of Alexandria, Greek mathematician
- Plotinus, founder of Neoplatonism
- Tertullian, sometimes called father of Latin church
- Wang Pi, Taoist
- M. Sattonius Iucundus, restorer of the Thermae in Heerlen
- Zhuge Liang, known as the greatest strategist during the period of the Three Kingdoms
- Liu Bei, founding emperor of the Kingdom of Shu
- Cao Cao, founding emperor of the Kingdom of Wei
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- A primitive form of glasses were developed for a nearsighted princess in Syria.
- Compass invented in China
Decades and years
| Millennium |
Century |
| 4th BC: |
40th BC |
39th BC |
38th BC |
37th BC |
36th BC |
35th BC |
34th BC |
33rd BC |
32nd BC |
31st BC |
| 3rd BC: |
30th BC |
29th BC |
28th BC |
27th BC |
26th BC |
25th BC |
24th BC |
23rd BC |
22nd BC |
21st BC |
| 2nd BC: |
20th BC |
19th BC |
18th BC |
17th BC |
16th BC |
15th BC |
14th BC |
13th BC |
12th BC |
11th BC |
| 1st BC: |
10th BC |
9th BC |
8th BC |
7th BC |
6th BC |
5th BC |
4th BC |
3rd BC |
2nd BC |
1st BC |
| 1st: |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
10th |
| 2nd: |
11th |
12th |
13th |
14th |
15th |
16th |
17th |
18th |
19th |
20th |
| 3rd: |
21st |
22nd |
23rd |
24th |
25th |
26th |
27th |
28th |
29th |
30th |
| 4th: |
31st |
32nd |
33rd |
34th |
35th |
36th |
37th |
38th |
39th |
40th |
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