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299
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Chandragupta ... (Maurya Empire) (322-298) Emperor (founder)
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
298
THIRD SAMNITE WAR + (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Third Samnite War begins (298-290) - Rome gains central Italy
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Chandragupta - (Maurya Empire) (322-298) Emperor (founder)
Bindusara + (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
>297 THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Cassander - (Macedon) Philip IV +- (Macedon)
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Alexander V + (Macedon)
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
296
THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
295
THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Romans defeat Etruscans, Sabines, and Samnites at Sentinum
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Apollonius of Rhodes 295-
Chuang Tzu 399-295
294
THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Demetrius Poliorcetes + (Macedon)
Alexander V - (Macedon)
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt)
(323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
293
THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
292
THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Menander 342-292
291
THIRD SAMNITE WAR ... (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
290
Colossus of Rhodes + 7 wonders
THIRD SAMNITE WAR - (298-290) Rome vs. Samnites
Third Samnite War ends (298-)
Agathocles ... (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
289
Agathocles - (Sicily) (317-289) King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Mencius 371-289
288
King Demetrius I of Macedon flees Macedon after an attack by Pyrrhus of Epirus
Lysimachus and Phyrrhus partition Macedon
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Sri Maha Bodhi Sacred Fig Tree is planted at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka - oldest planted tree still surviving
287 Lex Hortensia - Roman plebs achieve equality with the patritians - Conflict of the Orders ends (344-)
Lex Aquila - Roman law of Delict is codified - one of the first plebiscites
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Archimedes of Syracuse 287-212
Diogenes (Laertius?) 372-287
Theophrastus 370-287 286
Library at Alexandria founded Lysimachus of Thrace conquers Macedon and declares himself King
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
285
Demetrius surrenders to Seleucus I Nicator
Beginning of the activity of Ctesibus, mathemitician
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
284
Gallic tribe of Senones lay siege to Roman city of Arretium - defeat army of consul Lucius Denter - who is killed
Senones raiders forcibly ejected from the ager Gallicus by the Romans
Roman Colony at Sena is founded
Ptolemy I Soter ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Livius Andronicus 284-204 Greco-Roman Poet
283
Battle of Lake Vadimo II - Roman army under P. Cornelius Dolabella defeats Etruscans and Gauls n. of Rome
Demetrius I Poliorcetes - (Macedon)
Antigonus II Gonatus + (Macedon)
Ptolemy I Soter - (Ptolemaic Egypt) (323-283) King/Pharaoh PC 34
Ptolemy II Philadelphus + (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
282
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Seleucus I Nicator ... (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
281
Battle of Corupedium - Seleucus kills Lysimachus and becomes master of Asia Minor

Ptolemy Ceraunus assassinates Seleucus I when he tries to invade Macedon
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Seleucus I Nicator - (Seleucid Empire) (321-281) King
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
280
History of Egypt (ca.) (Manetho)
PYRRHIC WAR + (280-275)
Battle of Heraclea - Pyrrhus wins
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Chrysippus 280-207
279 PYRRHIC WAR ... (280-275)
Galatians devastate Thrace, Macedonia, and north Greece - some then cross into Asia Minor
Gauls invade Macedonia - Ptolemy Ceraunus killed
Battle of Asculum - Pyrrhus wins
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
278
PYRRHIC WAR ... (280-275)
Gauls break into Asia Minor - Antiochus I Soter defeats them
Nicomedes I assumes the title of King of Bythinia
Nicomedes I + (Bythinia) (278-248) King
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
277
PYRRHIC WAR ... (280-275)
Antigonus II Gonatus defeats Gauls in Macedonia
Antigonus II + (Macedonia) Gonatus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
276
PYRRHIC WAR ... (280-275)
Ptolemy II marries his sister Arsinoe
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Eratosthenes 276-194
275
Idylls (Theocritus)
Translation of the Pentateuch into Greek (the Septuagint)
PYRRHIC WAR - (280-275)
Zenith of Alexandria as
center of new "Hellenistic" culture (-215)

Battle of Beneventum - Pyrrhus suffers severe losses
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Pyrrho of Elis 365-275 First Sceptic Philosopher
274
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
273
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara ... (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
272
Antigonus II Gonatus defeats invasion of Phyrrus of Epirus
y Pyrrhus of Epirus - (Macedon) Antigonus II Gonatus + (Macedon)
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara - (Maurya Empire) (298-272) Emperor
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
271
Mauryan army is driven out of Kadamba by coalition of Tamil kings under Emperor Cenni Cholan
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
270
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Naevius 270-201
Epicurus 342-270
268
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Bindusara Amitraghata - (Maurya)
Asoka Vardhana + (Maurya)
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji) 268
Rome in control of all Italy south of the Po valley
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
267 Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
266
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
265
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
264
FIRST PUNIC WAR + (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
First Punic War (-241)
129th Olympiad begins (-261)
Hiero II attacks Mamertines at Messana Sicily Flaccus, Roman co-consul conquers Etruscan town of Velzna in central Italy
Middle Roman Republic +
Appius Claudius Caudex +- (Roman Republic) Consul
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus +- (Roman Republic) Consul Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Zeno the Stoic 336-264 Philosopher (Citium)
263 FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
262
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Eumenes I of Pergamum makes alliance with Ptolemies
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Apollonius of Perga 262-200
261
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Asoka conquers state of Kalinga - remorseful, converts to Buddhism and proclaims ahimsa
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
260
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
First Roman fleet built under Gaius Duilius
Romans win battle off Mylae
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
Euclid of Alexandria 330-260
259
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
258
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
257 FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan ... (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
256
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Romans win Battle off Ecnomus
Eastern Zhou Dynasty ends with death of King Nan (cf. Bamboo Annals)
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Nan - (Zhou China) (314-256) 36th/last King (Yin Ji)
255
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
254
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Rome takes Panormus in Sicily from Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Plautus 254-184
253 FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
252
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
251
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Ying Ji - (China) Qin (Zhao Xiang Wang)
250
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Hebrew scriptures translated into Greek
Pali canon codified
Asoka convenes Buddhist convocation at Pataliputra
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Ying Zi Chu + (China) Qin (Zhuang Xiang Wang)
Theocritus 310-250
249 FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
248
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
247
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Parthian Empire established in Persia
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ... (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35
Seleucus II + (Seleucid Empire) (247-226)
Asoka + (Maurya Empire) India
Devanampiya Tissa + (Sri Lanka)
Ying Zi Chu - (China) Qin (Zhuang Xiang Wang)
Hannibal 247-183 Carthaginian General
246
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Ptolemy II Philadelphus - (Ptolemaic Egypt) (283-246) King/Pharaoh PC 35

Ptolemy III Euergetes I +(PtolemaicEgypt) (246-222) PC 36*
Qin Shi Huang + (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
245
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
244
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Hanno the Great democilizes the Carthiginian navy
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
243 FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
242
FIRST PUNIC WAR ... (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
Agis III rules Sparta
Battle of Lilybaeum - Romans win
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
241
FIRST PUNIC WAR - (264-241) Rome vs. Carthage
End of First Punic War - Sicily becomes first Roman province - Sicilia
Attalus I + (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Cesilaus of Aeolis 315-241
240
MERCENARY WAR + (240-238) Mercenaries/Lybian settlements vs. Carthage
Revolt of Carthaginian mercenaries, crushed by Hamilcar Barca (-238)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Callimachus of Cyrene 305-240
239
MERCENARY WAR ... (240-238) Mercenaries/Lybian settlements vs. Carthage
Antigonus II Gonatus - (Macedon) (-239)

Demetrius II + (Macedon) (239-232)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Ennius 239-170
238
MERCENARY WAR - (240-238) Mercenaries/Lybian settlements vs. Carthage
Rome takes Sardinia and Corsica from Carthage
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
237
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
236
Eratosthanes is appointed librarian at Alexandria by Ptolemy III Eurgetes
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Asoka - (Maurya Empire)
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
235
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
234 Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Cato 234-149
233
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
232 Demetrius II - (Macedon) (239-)
Philip + (Macedon) (-229)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Asoka Vardhana - (Maurya)
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Cleanthes 331-232
231 Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
230 Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Aristarchus of Samos 310-230
Timon of Phlius 320-230
229
Philip - (Macedon) (232-229)
Antigonus III Doson + (Macedon)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
228 Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
227
Organization of first Roman provinces: Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
226
Ebro River border between Roman and Carthaginian Spain
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Seleucus II - (Seleucid Empire) (247-226)
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
225
Romans stop Boii and Insubres (-222)
First Illyrian War (-222)
Romans defeat Celts at Telamon in Italy
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
224
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
223
Ch'in annihilates Ch'u - Ch'in dynasty begins (-207)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Antiochus III + (Seleucid Empire) (the Great)
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
222
Rome conquers Milan
Battle of Clastidium - Romans under Claudius Marcellus defeat Insubres under Viridomarus (spolia opima)
Marcus Claudius Marcellus + (Roman Republic) Consul
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin State) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
221
WARRING STATES PERIOD -
QIN (CH'IN) +
Unification of China under King of Qin Shi Huang Di
Antigonus III Doson - (Macedon)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Ptolemy III Euergetes I - (Egypt) (246-221) Macedonian PC 36*
Ptolemy IV Philopater + (Egypt) Macedonian PC 37*
Qin Shi Huang ...+ (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
220
SECOND ILLYRIAN WAR + (220-219)
Second Illyrian War (221-219)
Shih Huang Ti makes his first tour of the Eastern Chinese provinces
140th Olympiad (220-216)
Philip V + (Macedon)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
219
SECOND ILLYRIAN WAR - (220-219)
Hannibal conquers Greek colony of Saguntum - an ally of Rome - prompting 2nd Punic War
Roman Republic at war with the Celts of Cisalpine Gaul
Second Illyrian War - Rome vs. Demetrius of Pharos (220-)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
218
Earliest major works preserved from Latin literature
SECOND PUNIC WAR + (218-201)
Battle of Ticinus - Hannibal defeats Publius Cornelius Scipio at Ticinus River (11)
Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal defeats Sempronius Longus - first major victory over Rome (12/18)
Second Punic War (-201)
Hannibal invades Italy
Hannibal captures Saguntum
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
217
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
Hannibal defeats Romans at Lake Trasimene
Battle of Raphia - Ptolemy IV Philopater defeats Seleucid army
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
216
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
Battle of Cannae - Hannibal defeats Romans in Apulia, SE Italy (8/2)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
215
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
Battle of Dertosa - Publius Scipio defeats Carthaginian army under Hasdrubal Barca at Ebro River (spring)
Serious native revolts in Egypt begin
First Battle of Nola - Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeats Hannibal
First Macedonian War with Rome (-205)
Rome conquers Syracuse
Philip V invades Italy in support of Carthage
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Carneades 215-125
214
Great Wall of China construction begins
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR + (214-205)
Siege of Syracuse begins (214-212)
First expansion of Chinese Empire
Marcelleus begins conquest of Sicily from the Carthaginians (-210)
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
213
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
Burning of the Books (China)

Siege of Syracuse
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
212
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205) Siege of Syracuse
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
Archimedes of Syracuse 287-212
211
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang ... (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
210
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
Death of First Emperor (China) Shih Huang Ti
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Qin Shi Huang - (Qin Empire) (246-210) King/1st Emperor unified
209
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum)
(241-197) Dynast/King
Ying Hu Hai + (China) Qin (Era Huang Di)
208
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
207
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
QIN -
WESTERN HAN +
Battle of the Metauru - Roman victory over Hannibal
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Ying Hu Hai - (China) Qin (Er Huang Di)
Devanampiya Tissa - (Sri Lanka)
Chrysippus 280-207
206
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR ... (214-205)
Battle of Ilipa - Publius Cornelius Scipio expels Carthaginians from Spain
Destruction of imperial library (China)
Former Han dynasty (-9 C.E.)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Ying Zi Ying +- (China) Qin (Wang)
205
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
FIRST MACEDONIAN WAR - (214-205)
Peace of Phoenice - First Macedonian War ends
Revolt against Ptolemies in Upper Egypt
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Harwennefer + (Upper Egypt)
204
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
Scipio Africanus arrives in North Africa
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Ptolemy IV Philopater - PC 37*
Ptolemy V Epiphanes + PC 38*
Livius Andronicus 284-204
203
Rosetta Stone - records Ptolemy V's accession
SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
Battle of Bagbrades - Scipio and Massinissa defeat Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax, Hannibal has to return
Battle of Cirta - Scipio Africanus defeats Syphax, King of Mysaesyles tribe, ally to Carthage
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
202 SECOND PUNIC WAR ... (218-201)
Battle of Zama - P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus victor ("conqueror of Hannibal) (10/19)
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Hasdrubal Gisco, Carthaginian leader, commits suicide
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Liu Pang + (China) Han
201
SECOND PUNIC WAR - (218-201)
Antiochus III takes Palestine (-198)
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Naevius 270-201
200
Terracotta Head (Nok Culture, Nigeria)
Second Macedonian War (200-197) - Philip V forced to surrender Greece
Attalus I ... (Pergamum) (241-197) Dynast/King
Apollonius of Perga 262-200



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