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The 3rd century was the period from AD 201 (represented by the Roman numerals CCI) to AD 300 (CCC) in accordance with the Julian calendar.
The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as the Military Anarchy [1] or the Imperial Crisis (235–284), was a period in Roman history during which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressure of repeated foreign invasions, civil wars and economic disintegration. At the height of the crisis, the Roman state split into three ...
The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical Era , epoch , or historical period . In the Mediterranean Basin , the first few decades of this century were characterized by a balance of power between the Greek Hellenistic kingdoms in the east, and the great mercantile ...
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The 3rd century saw numerous coup d'état and civil wars. Few 3rd-century emperors enjoyed long reigns or died of natural causes. [21] Emperors responded to the increased insecurity with a steady build-up of the forces at their immediate disposal. These became known as the comitatus ("escort", from which derives the English word "committee").
Third Servile War: Some seventy gladiators, slaves of Lentulus Batiatus in Capua, made a violent escape. 72 BC: Sertorian War: Marcus Perpenna Vento, by now the leader of the Romans in revolt in Iberia, was executed by the general Pompey. 71 BC: Third Servile War: The slaves in rebellion were decisively defeated by Roman forces near Petelia.
2nd century | 3rd century | 4th century: Events from the 3rd century in Roman Britain. Events. 206.
By the third century BC, Carthage was the center of a sprawling network of colonies and client states. It controlled more territory than the Roman Republic, and became one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the Mediterranean, with a quarter of a million inhabitants.