3rd-century executions

Bishop of Rome from 257 to 258

Marcus Opellius Macrinus (; – June 218) was a Roman emperor who reigned from April 217 to June 218, jointly with his young son Diadumenianus. Born in Caesarea (now called Cherchell, in modern Algeria), in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to an equestrian family of Berber origins, he became the first emperor who did not hail from the senatorial class and also the first emperor who never visited Rome during his reign. Before becoming emperor, Macrinus served under Emperor Caracalla as a praetorian prefect and dealt with Rome's civil affairs. He later conspired against Caracalla and

Cyprian (; ; to 14 September 258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches.

Diadumenian ( ; ; 14September 208 – June 218) was the son of the Roman emperor Macrinus and served as his co-ruler for a brief time in 218. His mother, Macrinus' wife, is called Nonia Celsa in the unreliable , though this name may have been fictional. Diadumenian became in May 217, shortly after his father's accession to the imperial throne. Elagabalus, a relative of the recently deceased Caracalla, revolted in May of the following year, and Diadumenian was elevated to co-emperor. After Macrinus was defeated in the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218, Diadumenian was sent to the court of Artabanus

Chinese general serving warlord Liu Bei (160-220)

Novatian (Greek: , , ) was a scholar, priest, and theologian. He is considered by the Catholic Church to have been an antipope between 251 and 258. Some Greek authors give his name as Novatus, who was an African presbyter.

Chinese physician (c. 140–208)

mother of Roman emperor Alexander Severus (died 235)

mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus (180-222)

State of Shu Han general (died 234)

Chinese official, scholar and writer (153–208)

Chinese Han dynasty warlord (died 212)

Proculus (died c. 281) was a Roman usurper, one of the "minor pretenders" according to Historia Augusta, who would have taken the purple against Emperor Probus in 280. This is now disputed.

Chinese Han dynasty general (died 219)

Eastern Wu general and politician (203-253)

Chinese Jin dynasty empress consort (257–300)

Shu Han general and strategist (190-228)

rebel against the Roman emperor Diocletian in Egypt in 297 AD

Chinese general serving warlord Liu Bei (died 220)

general and adopted son of Liu Bei (died 220)

Empress of the Han dynasty (died 214)

Chinese general and Cao Wei regent (died 249)

regent for Jin Dynasty Emperor Hui (died 291)

Chinese official and poet (232-300)

Official and adviser serving warlord Cao Cao (175-219)

Warlord Yuan Shao's third son and successor (died 207)

Chinese warlord Yuan Shao's second son (died 207)

General serving warlord Liu Zhang (died 213)

Prince of Nanyang (224–253)

Official serving warlord Yuan Shao (died 204)

Prince Yin of Chu, Jin Dynasty prince

Jin Dynasty general and official (220-291)

Empress of Cao Wei (died 237)

2nd/3rd century Syrian-born Roman nobleman

Official and adviser to warlord Yuan Shao (died 202)

Eastern Wu general and regent (232-259)

Eastern Wu official (died 280)

Advisor to warlords Yuan Shao and Cao Cao (died 204)

Cao Wei official, historian and philosopher (209-254)

Chinese official serving warlord Cao Cao (died 220)

Eastern Wu general (died 257)

Jin Dynasty regent

Cao Wei politician and general (died 226)

Jin Dynasty general (238–291)

Military officer serving warlord Liu Bei (died 220)

Chinese astronomer, mathematician and official (228–266)

Eastern Wu state official and general (194-250)

Official of the state of Cao Wei (died 254)

Chinese crown prince during the Jin Dynasty (265-420)

Official of the state of Eastern Wu (165–227)

Chinese Cao Wei official and general (died 249)

General of the state of Eastern Wu (died 256)

Eastern Wu scholar, historian and official (204–273)

Empress of Eastern Wu (died 265)

General serving under warlord Liu Zhang (died 212)

General serving under warlord Liu Zhang (died 212)

3rd-century Chinese politician

Chinese Eastern Wu general (died 264)

Chinese Cao Wei state official (died 260)

Eastern Han dynasty official (died 219)