We (Rosie and Olivia) are simplifying and summarising the key events and essential knowledge of the third century: The father of modern medicine, the iconic ‘three kingdoms’, illicit catacombs, parties in Roman baths, the origins of chess and dying by drinking molten gold! Much of the information provided is highly debated but I did my best to find widely accepted estimates.

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We (Rosie and Olivia) are simplifying and summarising the key events and essential knowledge of the second century: five famously ‘good’ emperors (and then five bad ones), earthquakes, a philosopher king, the plot of gladiator, ground-breaking (literally) Chinese inventions and more. Please excuse the shadows on the text my iMovie has its own agenda. Much of the information provided is highly debated but I did my best to find widely accepted estimates. 

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Rosie and Olivia are simplifying and summarising the key events and essential knowledge of the first century: a ground-breaking conquest, an iconic volcano, the life and death of Jesus Christ, a famous fire, and more.

Before we start summing up the last 20 centuries, we will first cover the key events from the big bang to the year one.