The 200s
139 sourced entries across 10 years, inside the 3rd century. Each year below opens its own page; the lines under it are that year’s highest-ranked entries.
200 CE26 entries
- September-November - Battle of Guandu: Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats his rival Yuan Shao.
- Rudrasena I, Saka ruler of the Western Satrap dynasty, becomes king of Malwa in Classical India.
- The Severan Tondo, depicting Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and their children Geta and Caracalla, from Fayum, Egypt, is made. It is now kept at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung.
201 CE6 entries
- November – A flood in Edessa destroys a Christian church, killing over 2,000 people.
- Lucius Annius Fabianus and Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus become Roman Consuls.
- Battle of Cangting: Warlord Cao Cao defeats his rival, Yuan Shao.
202 CE13 entries
- Some 400,000 slaves perform the menial work of Rome, with middle-class citizens often owning eight; the rich from 500 to 1,000; an emperor as many as 20,000. Free urban workers enjoy 17 to 18 hours of leisure each day, with free admission to baths, sport events and gladiatorial games.
- Battle of Bowang: Warlord Liu Bei defeats Cao Cao's forces under Xiahou Dun.
- Rome is a city of about 1.5 million citizens, its people housed mostly in 46,600 insulae or apartment blocks, each three to eight stories high, flimsily made of wood, brick or rubble.
203 CE13 entries
- Battle of Xiakou: Warlord Sun Quan battles his rival Huang Zu along the Yangtze River near Wuhan.
- An arch dedicated to Septimius Severus is erected near the Forum.
- Gaius Fulvius Plautianus and Publius Septimius Geta become Roman Consuls.
204 CE16 entries
- A trade recession in the Leptis Magna region (Africa) is alleviated by Emperor Septimius Severus, who buys up the country's olive oil for free distribution in Rome.
- Lucius Fabius Cilo and Marcus Annius Flavius Libo become Roman Consuls.
- Battle of Ye: Warlord Cao Cao lays siege to and captures the military headquarter of Yuan Shao in Ye.
205 CE17 entries
- January 22 – Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, a praetorian prefect and father-in-law of Caracalla, is assassinated.
- Battle of Nanpi: Warlord Cao Cao defeats and kills Yuan Tan, the eldest son of his rival Yuan Shao.
- Aemilius Papinianus becomes praetorian prefect, after the death of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus.
206 CE7 entries
- Emperor Septimius Severus goes to Britain, with his sons Caracalla and Geta.
- Hadrian's Wall is retaken for the first time, since the Pictish uprising of 180.
207 CE7 entries
- Battle of White Wolf Mountain: Warlord Cao Cao defeats the Wuhuan tribes, sending the Wuhuan into decline.
208 CE21 entries
- Ardashir I, ruler of Istakhr (Persia), revolts against his brother and founds the Sassanid Dynasty.
- Britain is divided: in the north, Lower Britain (Britannia Inferior) is administered from the fortress at Eburacum (modern York), and in the south, Upper Britain (Britannia Superior) is controlled by the legions at Deva Victrix (Chester) and Isca Augusta (Caerleon) with its capital at Londinium (London).
- Winter – Zhou Yu and Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs; along with the Battle of Yamen and Battle of Lake Poyang. This is one of the largest naval battles in China's history.
209 CE13 entries
- Septimius Severus makes plans to subdue the land to the north of Scotland, ravaging it severely. Road-building and forest-clearing, the Roman army reaches Aber; Scottish tribes begin guerrilla warfare.
- Chandra Shri Satakarni begins his reign, as ruler of the Satavahana Dynasty in Andhra Pradesh (approximate date).
- Publius Septimius Geta receives the titles of Imperator and Augustus from his father, Emperor Septimius Severus.