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    The document summarizes major events in the 3rd century AD. It describes invasions of the Roman Empire by Germanic tribes and the rise of the Hun confederation in Central Asia. It also maps the major empires of the time, including the Roman, Sassanid Persian, Kushan, Gupta and others. Christianity continued spreading but also faced periods of severe persecution, especially under the Roman and Sassanid empires. An estimated 399,000 Christians were martyred during this century.

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    The document summarizes major events in the 3rd century AD. It describes invasions of the Roman Empire by Germanic tribes and the rise of the Hun confederation in Central Asia. It also maps the major empires of the time, including the Roman, Sassanid Persian, Kushan, Gupta and others. Christianity continued spreading but also faced periods of severe persecution, especially under the Roman and Sassanid empires. An estimated 399,000 Christians were martyred during this century.

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    FGC Ch2D History ThirdCentury v1

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    Chapter 2

    History: 20 Centuries AD

    Third Century
    200-300 AD
    Major Empires in the 3rd Century
    AD 300 Marcomanni
    Alemanni Burgundians
    Hun Confederation
    Attacks Eastwards
    Invasions of the Roman EmpireFranks Vandals
    Goths with Alans, Scythians,
    by German Tribes. Turks etc.

    Scythians
    Huns Ruruan Mongols
    W Rome Sogdiana
    E Kushana
    Sassanids Gupta E Chin
    Teotihuaca Maya Axum/
    Zapotec Vakataka
    Ethiopia

    Moche
    Nazca

    Sassanid Persian Conquests


    Dominant Religion Empires that come to an end or undergo major change
    Religions Ethnic Religions Secular/Mixed Hindu/Buddhist, etc
    Christian Other
    Major Empires in the 3rd Century
    AD 300 Hun Confederation
    Attacks Eastwards
    with Alans, Scythians,
    Turks etc.

    Scythians
    Huns Ruruan Mongols

    E Chin

    Dominant Religion Empires that come to an end or undergo major change


    Religions Ethnic Religions Secular/Mixed Hindu/Buddhist, etc
    Christian Other
    Major Empires in the 3rd Century

    Sogdiana
    Kushana
    Sassanids Gupta E Chin
    Vakataka

    Sassanid Persian Conquests


    Dominant Religion Empires that come to an end or undergo major change
    Religions Ethnic Religions Secular/Mixed Hindu/Buddhist, etc
    Christian Other
    Major Empires in the 3rd Century

    Sogdiana
    Kushana
    Sassanids

    Sassanid Persian Conquests


    Dominant Religion
    Religions Ethnic Religions Secular/Mixed Hindu/Buddhist, etc
    Christian Other
    Major Empires in the 3rd Century
    AD 300 Marcomanni
    Alemanni Burgundians
    Franks Vandals
    Invasions of the Roman Empire
    Goths
    by German Tribes.

    Scythians
    Huns
    W Rome
    E
    Sassanids

    Dominant Religion
    Religions Ethnic Religions Secular/Mixed Hindu/Buddhist, etc
    Christian Other
    Major Empires in the 3rd Century
    AD 300 Marcomanni
    Alemanni Burgundians
    Hun Confederation
    Franks Vandals Attacks Eastwards
    Invasions of the Roman Empire with Alans, Scythians,
    Goths
    by German Tribes. Turks etc.

    Scythians
    Huns Ruruan Mongols
    W Rome Sogdiana
    E Kushana
    Sassanids Gupta E Chin
    Teotihuaca Maya Axum/
    Zapotec Vakataka
    Ethiopia

    Moche
    Nazca

    Sassanid Persian Conquests


    Dominant Religion Empires that come to an end or undergo major change
    Ethnic Religions Secular/Mixed Hindu/Buddhist, etc
    Other
    The Church in 200–300 AD
    The division of the Roman Empire into the
    Latin speaking West and Greek speaking East

    Politicized Christendom Stagnating Christianity Persecution


    Christian majority/state Christian decline Severe persecution
    Active Christian witness/renewal Severe Christian decline
    The Church in 200–300 AD
    202-211: 5th imperial persecution
    under Septimus Severus 225 on Zoroastrian Persians
    persecute Eastern Christians

    235-238:
    6th imperial
    persecution

    230 & 287


    249-251: Persians
    7th imperial slaughter many
    persecution Armenian
    Christians

    Politicized Christendom Stagnating Christianity Persecution


    Christian majority/state Christian decline Severe persecution
    Active Christian witness/renewal Severe Christian decline
    Persecution in the 3rd Century

    Key statistics 200–300 200 300


    World population in millions 192 192

    Christians in millions 4.7 14.3

    Christians as % of world pop. 2.5% 7.5%

    Christian martyrs during century c.399,000

    Martyrs as % of all Christians 5.72%


    Persecution in the 3rd Century

    The Persecutors The Persecuted

    Copts
    Romans Latin
    Armenians
    Other
    Persians Montanist
    Eastern

    An estimated 399,000 martyrs


    Chapter 2
    History: 20 Centuries AD

    Third Century
    200-300 AD

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