3rd Century Bc

	C	3rd Century BC
	Cna	2
	Cnb	nd century BC

( 2nd Millennium BC - 1st Millennium BC - 1st Millennium )

EVENTS

Teotihuacán , Mexico begun

The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean

Rome conquers Spain

Gaul ish migration to Macedon , Thrace and Galatia

282-226: Colossus Of Rhodes

281 BC Antiochus I Soter , on the assassination of his father Seleucus becomes emperor of the Seleucid Empire .

275 BC: end of history of Babylon

273 BC to 252 BC Ashoka The Great ruled the Mauryan Empire

261 BC Antiochus II Theos , 2nd son, at the death of his father becomes emperor of the Seleucid Empire .

214 BC Qin Shi Huang Qin Dynasty ordered construction of the Great Wall Of China .

Indian traders regularly visited Arabia

Scythians occupy Sogdiana , in modern-day Uzbekistan .

Han Dynasty was founded ( 202 BC - 8 AD ).

The Pharos Of Alexandria is built.

Appearance of the Hopewell Culture in Ohio, USA

SIGNIFICANT PERSONS

Appius Claudius Caecus , Aqua Appia , Via Appia , invented letter G

Mencius , Chinese Philosopher and sage ( 371 - 289 BC ).

Euclid , geometer (c. 365 - 275 BC ).

Ashoka , Mauryan ruler of India 273 BC - 232 BC .

Arcesilaus , founder of new Academy

Archimedes Of Syracuse , mathematician, physicist, and engineer (c. 287 - 212 BC ).

Manetho , wrote ''History of Egypt''

The Ptolemaic Dynasty rules Egypt

--- Ptolemy I Soter ( 305 BC - 282 BC ) and his wives Eurydice and

--- Ptolemy II Philadelphos ( 284 BC - 246 BC ) and his wives Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos.

--- Ptolemy III Euergetes I ( 246 BC - 222 BC ) and his wife Berenice II .

--- Ptolemy IV Philopater ( 222 BC - 204 BC ) and his wife Arsinoe III .

--- Ptolemy V Epiphanes ( 204 BC - 180 BC ) and his wife Cleopatra I .

Eratosthenes (c. 276 - 194 BC ), Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer.

Apollonius Of Perga , mathematician (c. 262 - 190 BC ).

Qin Shi Huang , Chinese Emperor ( 259 - 210 BC , reigned 246 - 210 BC ).

Hannibal , military leader of Carthage ( 247 - 182 BC ).

the "second" Brennus , Gaulish chieftain, invades Macedonia in 279 BC

Xun Zi , founder of Legalism (philosophy)

Zeno Of Citium , founder of Stoicism

INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, INTRODUCTIONS

Eratosthenes accurately calculates diameter of the Earth

Weiqi well-established in China , and may date back to the 2nd Millennium BC

Stone of Canopus (for Ptolemy III), No. 1, in Rosetta Stone Series of 3 stones. Implements Leap year in Egypt. Leap year not formally recognized until Caesar in 55 B.C.

293 BC: first Roman Sundial (79ce): Natural History 7.213

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