PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 201 – 300

The world in the 3rd century

From 201 to 300 the atlas holds 126 states standing at some time, 29 of them founded in it - Byzantine Empire and Sasanian Empire the best known - and 23 ending in it. 57 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Crisis of the Third Century, Battle of Red Cliffs and Battle of Edessa the best known of the events; 153 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 201 to 300, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 3rd century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

201: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other201211: 9 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other211221: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other221231: 6 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other231241: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other241251: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other251261: 3 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other261271: 7 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other271281: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other281291: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other291

Wars and battles 51

and 43 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 1

States founded and fallen

Founded 29

and 15 more in the atlas.

Ended 23

and 9 more in the atlas.

Born in the 3rd century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 129 more in the atlas.

States of the 3rd century

Every state that stood at some time in the 3rd century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 22 statesEurope22Middle East and North Africa: 32 statesMiddle East and North Africa32South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 28 statesEast and Southeast Asia28Americas and Oceania: 5 statesAmericas and Oceania5Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe22 states

and 10 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa32 states

and 20 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia24 states

and 12 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia28 states

and 16 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania5 states

Location unknown15 states

and 3 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 200 – 300: every state, war and life of the 3rd century, region by region.
  • On the map in 250: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.