IIIe century

II | |

See also: List of the centuries, Roman numerals ---- The 3rd century begins on January 1st 201 and finishes the December 31st 300.

Events

In 220, end of the empire Han (China)
the Nanzhou yiwu zhi ( Report/ratio on the strangenesses of the southernmost areas ) described boats Kunlun , i.e. Indonesia NS, of 60 meters with 600 to 700 men on board

Sembrouthès, king of Aksoum (Ethiopia). A prince with the name hellenized in Sembrouthès, King of the Kings of Axoumites (first appearance of imperial titulature), dedicates to stele in Greek language with Décca-Maharé, site of an important sanctuary.

Disappearance of the culture Lapita in the Eastern Pacific, with the techniques of manufacture of ceramics.

the dynasty Pallava, driven out West by Gautamiputra at the previous century, dominates the area of Madras (- {{mini IXe}}). It creates many ports on the coast of the Coromandel, trade with Ceylon and the Malaysia.
Appearance of the first cities on the plate of the Deccan.
Christian communities in the south of India.
Sattasaî, poetry invaluable of Hauled, 700 stanzas written in Prâkrit.

There exist several Christian centers in Arménie. The Christianisme was introduced there by the apostles Barthélemy and Thaddée (Saint Jude), disciples of Jesus-Christ.
the alchemist Zosime de Panapolis institutes a truth mystérion alchemy with the research of mercury philosophal, vivifying all metals.

Discovered of a Jewish inscription on a tomb stone, the 3rd century, in Abdera (Adra), the south of Grenade (Spain).
Crisis of the Roman Empire: the period known as of the military Anarchie is marked by the cruel invasions, the civil wars, the armed revolts, secessions of province S (See also Tétrarchie)
demographic Crise in the Roman Empire, which forces the State and the landowners to attach the peasants to the ground (system of the colonat). Originally, the colonists leave the class of the rural small holders ( possessores ). Crushed taxes, sifted debts, they voluntarily give up their property. Sometimes, they join the troops of barbarians where of Bagaudes who wander as a Gaulle. Generally they remain faithful to their ground and ask the protection ( patrocinium ) of a great landowner. They give up their property, preserve the pleasure until their death of it, without being able to leave it.
Mention of Eruli (Hérules), large experts in Runes, of the Denmark (Jylland) to the Aegean Sea, by the Russia and the Black Sea.
Persecution of Dèce (249-250) against Christianity.

: some 50 industrial sites of production of iron were found in the area of Lysed Gora in Poland, with batteries of furnaces laid out in row tight. Produced iron is marketed towards the close zones, and perhaps in the Roman Empire in the south.
the Khazars are attested in Occident by the chronicles Georgia or Arménie.
Migrations of the Goths of banks of the the Vistula towards the Black Sea.

Caracalla (188 - 217), Roman Emperor (211 - 217)
Aurélien, Roman Emperor (270 - 275)
Dioclétien (245 - 313), Roman Emperor (284 - 305).
Plotin (Egyptian philosopher, 205 - 270)
Origène (185 - 254, Father of the Church, at the origin of the Theory of the four directions and the Lectio Divina.

Discovered with Hjortspring (Denmark) of a warship surrounded by armament including/understanding 150 wood shields, 138 points of lance and 20 dimensions of meshs. Very out of wood, with a oar-rudder with back starboard, the boat is assembled without a nail, by pegs, without mast neither skittle, nor veil.
Appearance of the first runic inscriptions (alphabet Futhark). The Germains of the the Means-Danube would have borrowed this writing from alphabets derived from the Etruscan writing used by subalpine populations. The runic writing is primarily epigraphic, the letters being engraved in the stone to form inscriptions. The German ones of the continent will quickly give up this writing, which will perdurera in Scandinavia via the Denmark.

Beats-smg: III omžios Be-X-old: 3 стагоддзе Nds-nl: 3rd eeuw Simple: 3rd century

Random links: