Timeline of European Art and Music - The Third Century

Music Timestamps

0:00 - Circa 200s and prior - Ancient Roman music - No specific song or author here, just the performance of various instruments popular in Roman culture. Performed by "Musica Romana", a well-known, internationally-acclaimed music ensemble dedicated to recreating the Ancient Roman music. This is an approximation of what various Roman instruments would have sounded like.

4:32 - Circa 200s - Unknown (Greek) - Hymn to the Trinity

6:07 - Early 200s - St. Clement of Alexandria (Greek) - Shepherd of Tender Youth

9:00 - Circa 200s - Unknown (Greek) - Byzantine Rite Catholic Chanting - Hymn for the Protection of the Mother of God

11:13 - Circa late 200s to early 300s - Unknown (Greek origin, possibly St. Basil the Great) - Hail Gladdening Light, Φώς Ιλαρόν (Phos Hilaron ) - One of the earliest Christian Greek hymns.

14:29 - Late 200s - Unknown (Greek) - Oxyrhynchus Hymn - (Earliest known Christian Theme) - The papyrus on which the hymn was written dates from around the end of the 3rd century AD.