THIRD CENTURY.
Reading edition
Emperors.
A.D.
Septimius Severus—(continued.) Fifth Persecution of the Christians.
211.Caracalla and Geta.
217.Macrinus.
218.Heliogabalus.
222.Alexander Severus.
235.Maximin. Sixth Persecution.
238.Maximus and Balbinus
238.Gordian.
244.Philip the Arabian.
249.Decius. Seventh Persecution.
251.Vibius.
251.Gallus.
254.Valerian. Eighth Persecution.
260.Gallien.
268.Claudius the Second.
270.Aurelian. Ninth Persecution.
275.Tacitus.
276.Florian.
277.Probus.
278.Carus.
278.Carinus and Numerian.
284.Diocletian and Maximian. Tenth and Last Persecution.
Authors.
Clement of Alexandria, Dion Cassius, Origen, Cyprian, Plotinus, Longinus, Hippolitus Portuensis, Julius Africanus Celsus, Origen.