Example sentences for: third-century

How can you use “third-century” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Countless Renaissance and Baroque sculptors have drawn inspiration from the friezes on the triple Arch of Septimius Severus (honoring a third-century emperor who died in York, England, the northernmost boundary of the empire).

  • Although there are no reliable accounts of this period, third-century Chinese documents speak of a Japanese priestess-queen, Himiko, ruling over a land of law-abiding people who enjoyed alcohol and were divided into classes distinguished by tattoo marks.

  • A kilometer (about half a mile) south of the Colosseum, the huge third-century Baths of Caracalla (Terme di Caracalla) were built for 1,600 people to bathe in considerable style and luxury.

  • The wonderful setting alone is worth the visit: an old abbey incorporating the massive remains of the city’s third-century Roman baths, the Thermes de Cluny.


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