3rd-century deaths

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (; September 129 – CE), often anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic.

Diophantus of Alexandria () (; ) was a Greek mathematician who was the author of the Arithmetica in thirteen books, ten of which are still extant, made up of arithmetical problems that are solved through algebraic equations.

Athenaeus of Naucratis (; or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or Naukratios; ) was an ancient Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD. The Suda says only that he lived in the times of Marcus Aurelius, but the contempt with which he speaks of Commodus, who died in 192, implies that he survived that emperor. He was a contemporary of Adrantus.

Greco-Roman Christian traveller and historian (c.160–c.240)

Patriarch of Antioch

Christian martyr

3rd century Chinese poet and musician

Censorinus () was a Roman grammarian and miscellaneous writer.

Silbannacus was an obscure Roman emperor or usurper during the Crisis of the Third Century. Silbannacus is not mentioned in any contemporary documents and his existence was forgotten until the 20th century, when two coins bearing his name were discovered, the first in the 1930s and the second in the 1980s. His unusual name suggests that he might have been of Gallic descent.

deacon and martyr

the sixth and last Kushan emperor (191–232)

Kartir (also spelled Karder, Karter and Kerdir; Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩𐭫 Kardīr) was a powerful and influential Zoroastrian priest during the reigns of four Sasanian kings in the 3rd century. His name is cited in the inscriptions of Shapur I (as well as in the Res Gestae Divi Saporis) and the Paikuli inscription of Narseh. Kartir also had inscriptions of his own made in the present-day Fars province (then known as Pars). His inscriptions narrates his rise to power throughout the reigns of Shapur I (), Hormizd I (), Bahram I (), and Bahram II (). During the brief reign of Bahram II's son and

thumb|300px|Uranius Antoninus coin, with Greek inscriptions and dated according to the Seleucid Empire. On the reverse, the Emesa temple to the sun god El Gabal, with the holy stone.

3rd century founding bishop of Limoges

Italian martyr and saint

Pabag (, Pāpak/Pābag; ) was an Iranian prince who ruled Stakhr, the capital of Pars, from 205 or 206 until his death sometime between 207 and 210. He was the father, stepfather, grandfather, or father-in-law of Ardashir I, the founder of the Sasanian Empire. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Shapur.

Christian martyrs of the 3rd century

Stremonius or Saint Austremonius or Saint Stramonius or Austromoine, the "apostle of Auvergne," was the first Bishop of Clermont. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

Han dynasty general under warlord Sun Quan

virgin martyr and saint of the Catholic Church

Christian saint

3rd century Roman general and praetorian prefect

3rd century Chinese Shu Han state official

confidant of Roman emperor Septimius Severus

The Saltmen (, mardān-e namakī) are the preserved remains of multiple human individuals that were discovered in the Chehrabad salt mines, located on the southern part of the Hamzehlu village, on the west side of the city of Zanjan, in the Zanjan Province in Iran. By 2010, the remains of six men had been discovered, most of them accidentally killed by the collapse of galleries in which they were working. The head and left foot of Saltman 1 are on display at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran.

Annia Aurelia Fadilla, most commonly known as Fadilla (c. 159 – after 211) was one of the daughters born to Marcus Aurelius and his wife Faustina the Younger. She was a sister to Lucilla and Commodus. Fadilla was named in honor of her late maternal aunt Aurelia Fadilla. The cognomen Fadilla, was the cognomen of the mother and a half-sister of Antoninus Pius. Her maternal grandparents were Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder and her paternal grandparents were Domitia Lucilla and praetor Marcus Annius Verus.

Roman senator (c.163 - c.218)

early 3rd-century Chinese military general and politician

Eastern Han official and general (c.170-c.209)

bishop, martyr, saint, patron of Assisi

mythological Swedish king

Late 2nd/early 3rd century Greek eccelesiastical writer

The third and greatest Kushanshah of Kushanshahr (275–300)

3rd century Chinese state of Cao Wei official

Greek bishop and saint

thumb|260px|right|Painting showing the Martyrs Silvanus the Bishop of Emesa, Luke the deacon, and Mocius from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD) Saint Mocius (; died 288–295) was a Christian priest of Roman ancestry who lived in Amphipolis, Macedonia and became a Catholic and Orthodox saint.

French saint

Italian bishop and martyrer

bishop and saint (died c. 251)

Second son of Chinese warlord Liu Biao

Catholic bishop and saint, patron saint of Poreč

Bishop of Le Mans

General serving warlord Sun Quan (died 219)

Younger brother of Sun Quan, founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu

Roman suffect consul in either 193 or 194 AD

Syrian high priest of Elagabalus (died 217)

Roman consul 204 AD

Queen regnant of Yamatai (Japan)

Roman consul in 219 AD

Late 2nd/early 3rd century Chinese official and general

last governor of all Roman Britain prior to its division into multiple provinces

3rd century Shu Han state general

Eastern Wu official and historian (219-278)

Christian martyr and saint

2nd century Roman senator and consular legate

Qubei (; pinyin: Qùbēi, 195–216) was a leader of the Southern Xiongnu and supervisor of the Five Divisions who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. An uncle to the last chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu, Huchuquan, Qubei was appointed by the Chinese court to supervise the Five Divisions of Xiongnu after his nephew was detained in Ye in 216. He was also the ancestor of two prominent non-Chinese clans; the Helian, who founded the Xia dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and the Dugu.

Military officer serving warlord Liu Bei (died 220)

Roman consul 201 AD

3rd century state of Eastern Wu general

Chinese official who served warlord Yuan Shao