200s (decade)

Events

200

By place

World

• Human population reaches about 257 million.

Roman Empire

• Emperor Septimius Severus visits the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Arabia.
• Palestine, benefiting from the benevolent policies of Severus, has a significant economic revival.
• The province of Numidia is taken from the African proconsul and made an Imperial province.

India

• Rudrasena I, Saka ruler of the Western Satrap dynasty, becomes king of Malwa in Classical India.

Asia

• Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu.
• In Japan, Himiko, whose capital is situated in Yamatai, extends her authority over a number of clans.

America

• The Classic Age of Maya civilization begins (around this year).
• The Paracas culture in the Andes ends (around this year).

By topic

Art

• 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.

Religion

• Jewish Eretz Yisraeli scholar Judah ha-Nasi compiles tracts of the Mishnah, creating of Talmudic law.
• Clement of Alexandria denounces the use of musical instruments instead of human voices in Christian music.
• Brahmanism evolves into Hinduism (approximate date).

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Births

• Publius Licinius Valerianus, better known as Valerian. Born between 193 and 200, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Marcus Claudius Tacitus. Born c. 200, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Gaius Messius Quintus Decius, better known as Decius. Born c. 201, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, better known as Elagabalus. Born c. 203, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Marcus Julius Philippus, better known as Philip the Arab. Born c. 204, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Gaius Vibius Afinius Trebonianus Gallus, better known as Trebonianus Gallus. Born in 206, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus, better known as Aemilianus. Born c. 207 or c. 213 (the primary sources on the subject are contradictory to each other), he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Marcus Opellius Diadumenianus, better known as Diadumenian. Born in 208, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.
• Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, later known as Severus Alexander. Born in 208, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.

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