200

Year 200 (CC) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	170s  180s  190s  – 200s –  210s  220s  230s
Years:	197 198 199 – 200 – 201 202 203

The eastern hemisphere in 200

World

• Human population reaches about 257 million.

Roman Empire

• Emperor Septimius Severus visits Syria, Palestine and Arabia.
• Palestine, benefiting from the kind policies of Severus, sees a big economic return.
• The province of Numidia is taken from the African proconsul and made an Imperial province.

India

• Rudrasena I, Saka ruler of the Western Satrap dynasty, becomes king of Malwa in ancient India.

Asia

• Chinese warlord Cao Cao defeats Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu.
• In Japan, Himiko, whose capital is in Yamatai, extends her authority over a number of clans.
• Empress Jingu sends a Japanese fleet to invade Korea. The Koreans surrender at the sight of the huge multi-oared ships and offer tribute.

America

• The Classic Age of Maya civilization begins (around this year).
• The Paracas culture in the Andes comes to an end (around this year).

Art

• Septimius Severus, Julia Domna and their children, Publius Septimius 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 puts together tracts of the Mishnah. This begins the making of Talmudic law.
• Clement of Alexandria says to not use musical instruments to support human voices in Christian music.
• Brahmanism changes into Hinduism (approximate date).

Births

• Fei Yi, an official of Shu (approximate date) (d. 253)
• Ma Jun (d. 265)
• Wang Ling, general of Wei (d. 250)
• Sun Shao, general of Wu (d. 242)
• Zhou Fang, general of Wu (d. 240)
• Diophantus, Greek mathematician
• Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Roman Emperor (d. 276)
• Valerian I, Roman Emperor

Deaths

• Chunyu Qiong (executed by Yuan Shao)
• Dong Cheng (executed by Cao Cao)
• Gan Ji, Taoist priest
• Han Juzi, general under Yuan Shao
• Ji Ping (executed by Cao Cao)
• Ju Shou (officer of Yuan Shao)
• Lü Weihuang
• Mi Heng, renowned scholar and friend of Kong Rong (executed by Huang Zu) (b. 173)
• Sui Yuanjin
• Sun Ce, 25, elder brother of the founder of Wu Kingdom, Sun Quan (b. 175)
• Tian Feng (executed by Yuan Shao)
• Wen Chou, general under Yuan Shao
• Xu Gong
• Yan Liang, general under Yuan Shao
• Zheng Xuan (b. 127)