200 - 229 A.D. - Origen, Galen & Parthian Wars

(Feature Photo: Arch of Septimius Severus, photo taken in 2015; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

  

200   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

The Maya in Mesoamerica have developed cities containing temples, pyramids, palaces, courts for playing ball, and plazas

The second letter of Peter (2 Peter) is copied onto Papyrus 

 

201   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

 

202   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

 

203   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

The Arch of Septimius Severus is built in Rome’s Form Romanum to commemorate victories over the Parthians (ancient.eu) (see feature photo up top)

 

204   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

 

205   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

 

206   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

 

207   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire

 

208   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V, king of the Parthian Empire, dies, and is succeeded by Vologases VI

 

209   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

210   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

211   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Caracalla – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

February 4, Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus, dies, and is succeeded by his son Caracalla 

Ardashir, the king of Persis, revolts against the Parthians and founds the Sassanian Empire

 

212   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is  pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

213   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is  pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

214   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is  pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

215   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is  pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

216   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

Galen, a Greek physician, dies, during his life he “tried to understand the function of animal organs. Although he knew that the heart pumped blood, he could not tell just from looking that the blood circulated and returned to the heart. Galen mistakenly thought that blood was pumped out to “irrigate” the tissues, and that new blood was made continuously to resupply the heart. His idea was taught for nearly fifteen hundred years. It was not until the seventeenth century that an Englishman, William Harvey introduced the theory that blood flows continuously in one direction, making a complete circuit and returning to the heart.” (Darwin’s Black Box, by Michael J. Behe)

 

217   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Macrinus – Pope Zephyrinus dies, and is succeeded next year by Callixtus I – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

April 8, Caracalla, the Roman Emperor, dies, aged 29, and is succeeded by Macrinus

December 20, Pope Zephyrinus dies, he is succeeded next year by Callixtus I

 

218   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Macrinus, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by 14 year-old Elagabalus – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

June, Macrinus, the Roman Emperor, dies and is succeeded by the 14 year-old Elagabalus 

 

219   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus is the Roman Emperor – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

220   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus is the Roman Emperor – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

221   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus is the Roman Emperor – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

  

222   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Severus Alexander – Pope Callixtus dies and is succeeded by Urban I – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

March 11/12, Elagabalus, the Roman Emperor, dies, aged 18, and is succeeded by Severus Alexander

 

223   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Callixtus dies and is succeeded by Urban I – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire

 

224   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)

The Sassanian Empire (founded in 211) overthrows the Parthian Empire (in modern-day Iran) from within; It will be the last pre-Islamic Persian empire and last until 651; Ardashir I (r. 224-240), a descendent of Sasan, is its founder and first king, (World History Encyclopedia website)

 

225   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)

 

226   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)

 

227   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)

 

228   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire (last year of rule, as the Parthian empire gives way to the Sassanian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)

 

229   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Ardashir is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)