Third Century: 201 - 300 AD
203 AD
Origen, aged 22, succeeds Clement as leader of the Christian school in Alexandria.
213 AD
Completion of the Baths of Caracalla, which contain reading rooms, running tracks, and public gardens covering 20 acres.
Gunpowder invented by Chinese alchemists mixing saltpeter with sulfur at the right temperature.
219 AD
Founding of the Sura Academy in Babylon.
226 AD
Ardashir begins Sassanid Dynasty, rulers of Persia until the seventh century.
238 AD
In this year there were 6 Roman Emperors: Maximin, Gordian I, Gordian II, Balbinus, Pupienus Maximus & Gordian III.
250 AD
Greek mathematician from Alexandria, Diophantus, publishes Arithmetica, the first known algebra text, a treatise in 13 parts of which 6 survive.
About 5% of Romans have become Christian.
258 AD
Emperor Valerian beheads Cyprian in front of thousands; those near him throw pieces of cloth to catch his blood.
271 AD
First form of compass used in China.
272 AD
Three Christians beheaded near a hill outside of Paris. The hill will later be called Montmartre, the Mountain of the Martyrs.
276 AD
Mani, a sage from Persia who calls himself a apostle of Jesus Christ, is executed for preaching Zoroastrian dualism with Christian theology, angering followers of both religions.
284 AD
Diocletian becomes Emperor of Rome and proclaims himself the earthly representative of Rome’s supreme god, Jupiter.
299 AD
Christians across Roman empire now about 10% of the population.
300 AD
The church council of Elvira, Spain, prohibits intermarriage between Jews and Christians, also forbidding them to eat together.
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