Born ThenLife in the 3rd century
Be born somewhere between 200 and 299, weighted by real births, and live five lives from that year on.
The numbers
The world had about 232 million people around the middle of the 3rd century. Life expectancy at birth was near 24 years, mostly because so many children died; people who reached adulthood often lived into their fifties or sixties. About 2% could read and 7% lived in towns. Most births happened in North India (17%), North China (12%), South India and Sri Lanka (9%), South China (7%), Anatolia and the Caucasus (4%).
All numbers before 1800 are modelled from long-run population and life-expectancy estimates by region. How it works
What happened
- Yellow Turban Rebellion 184–205
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms 190–280
- Plague of Cyprian 249–262