3rd century BC
(4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) ----
Events
- The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean
- Rome conquers Spain
- Great Wall of China begun
- Indian traders regularly visited Arabia
- Scythians occupy Sogdiana, in modern-day Uzbekistan.
- Han dynasty was founded (202 BC - 8 AD).
Significant persons
- Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC).
- Euclid, geometer (c. 365 - 275 BC).
- Ashoka, Mauryan ruler of India 273 BC - 232 BC.
- The Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt
- * Ptolemy I Soter (305 BC-282 BC) and his wives Eurydice and Berenice I.
- * 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.
- Archimedes of Syracuse, mathematician, physicist, and engineer (c. 287 - 212 BC).
- 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).
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Eratosthenes accurately calculates diameter of the Earth
Decades and years
Category:3rd century BC ca:Segle III AC da:3. århundrede f.Kr. de:3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. es:Siglo III adC eo:3-a jarcento a.K. fr:IIIe siècle av. J.-C. it:III secolo AC lb:3. Joerhonnert v. Chr. nl:3e eeuw v. Chr. ja:紀元前3世紀 pl:III wiek p.n.e. ru:III век до н. э. sl:3. stoletje pr. n. št. sv:200-talet f.Kr. uk:3 століття до Р.Х. zh:前3世纪rd century BC
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