0000's The 3rd Century CE 200s CE
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193-211 Septimius Severus
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211-217 Cracalla
217 Macrimus
218-222 Heliogabalus
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218-222 Heliogabalus
222-235 Alexander Severus

Origen translates Old Testament
influences Christian thought through his doctrine of the Logos & many writings.

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222-235 Alexander Severus
235-238 Maximinus
238 Gordian I & Gordian II
238 Pupienus & Balbinus
238-244 Gordian III

Origen banished from Alexandria and stripped of Presbyter status after preaching in Palestine. His self-mutilation to become a eunuch for the sake of the Good News and philosophical eclecticism contributed to criticism by later theologians.
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238-244 Gordian III
244-249 Philip the Arabian
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249-251 Decius
251-253 Gallus
253-260 Vallerian & Gallienus
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260-268 Gallienus
268-270 Claudius II
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270-275 Aurrelian
275- Tacitus
276-282 Probus

Mithraism fades, but is incorporated into Christian Gnosticism & Manicheism
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276-282 Probus
282-283 Carus
284 Carinus & Numerianus
284-286 Diocletian
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286-305 Diocletian & Maximianus

1st Millennium 200s