200
Year 200 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Victorinus. The denomination 200 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.Events
By place
World
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 Talmudic law.
- Clement of Alexandria denounces the use of musical instruments instead of human voices in Christian music.
- Brahmanism evolves into Hinduism.
Births
- Cyprian, Roman bishop and saint
- Diophantus, Greek mathematician
- Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman emperor
- Valerian I, Roman emperor
Deaths
- Sun Ce, Chinese warlord who laid the foundation for the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period
- Xu Gong, Chinese commandery administrator
- Zheng Xuan, Chinese scholar