The 3rd century BCE: key events

Chronyas has 534 events dated to the 3rd century BCE (300 BCE to 201 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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300 BCEFounding of Chankillo
300 BCEOrigins of Great Pyramid of Cholula
from 300 BCE to 1279Chola dynasty
from 300 BCE to 250 CEYayoi period
from 300 BCE to 1650Pandya dynasty
from 299 BCE to 580 CEKingdom of Iberia
from 299 BCE to 234 BCEPharnavaz I of Iberia becomes King of Iberia
from 298 BCE to 272 BCEPyrrhus becomes King of Epirus
294 BCEOrigins of Demetrias
from 288 BCE to 285 BCEPyrrhus becomes King of Macedonia
from 287 BCE to 391 CEOrigins of Serapeum of Alexandria
287 BCEBirth of Archimedes
c. 285 BCEDeath of Euclid
284 BCEColossus of Rhodes
283 BCEDeath of Chanakya
from 282 BCE to 133 BCEAttalid dynasty
from 281 BCE to 62 CEKingdom of Pontus
from 280 BCE to 146 BCEFounding of Achaean League
from 280 BCE to 275 BCEPyrrhic War
from 279 BCE to 1480Construction of Lighthouse of Alexandria
276 BCEBirth of Eratosthenes
from 274 BCE to 168 BCESyrian Wars
from 274 BCE to 272 BCEPyrrhus becomes King of Macedonia
c. 270s BCEAristarchus of Samos proposes that the Earth orbits the Sun
c. 268 BCEOrigins of Rimini
from 267 BCE to 261 BCEChremonidean War
from 264 BCE to 146 BCEPunic Wars
from 264 BCE to 241 BCEFirst Punic War
from 262 BCE to 261 BCEKalinga War
261 BCEBattle of Agrigentum
259 BCEBirth of Qin Shi Huang
258 BCEBattle of Sulci
c. 250s BCEThe Hebrew Torah is translated into Greek at Alexandria
250 BCELion Capital of Asoka
from 250 BCE to 125 BCEGreco-Bactrian Kingdom
c. 250 BCEEruption of Raoul Island
248 BCEConstruction of Terracotta Army
247 BCERise of Arsacid dynasty of Parthia
from 247 BCE to 224 CEParthian Empire
247 BCEBirth of Hannibal
c. 241 BCEEratosthenes measures the size of the Earth
241 BCEChinese astronomers record Halley's Comet
from 240 BCE to 238 BCEMercenary War
232 BCEDeath of Ashoka
c. 230s BCEDying Gaul
from 230 BCE to 221 BCEQin's Wars of Unification
from 230 BCE to 220 CESatavahana dynasty
c. 230 BCEEruption of Antillanca Volcanic Complex
from 229 BCE to 222 BCECleomenean War
221 BCEOrigins of Circus Flaminius
from 221 BCE to 206 BCEQin dynasty
from 221 BCE to 210 BCEQin Shi Huang becomes Emperor of China
from May 219 BCE to December 219 BCESiege of Saguntum
from 218 BCE to 19 BCERoman conquest of Hispania
from 218 BCE to 201 BCESecond Punic War
December 218 BCEBattle of the Trebia
217 BCEHannibal destroys the Roman army at Cannae
21 June 217 BCEBattle of Lake Trasimene
2 August 216 BCEBattle of Cannae
214 BCEBattle of Beneventum
from 214 BCE to 212 BCESiege of Syracuse
from 214 BCE to 205 BCEFirst Macedonian War
from 214 BCE to 148 BCEMacedonian Wars
212 BCEDeath of Archimedes
211 BCEIntroduction of quinarius
211 BCEIntroduction of sestertius
210 BCEBattle of Numistro
210 BCEDeath of Qin Shi Huang
209 BCEBattle of Canusium
208 BCEBattle of Baecula
from 207 BCE to 111 BCENanyue
207 BCEBattle of the Metaurus
206 BCEOrigins of Italica
from 206 BCE to 220 CEHan dynasty
from 205 BCE to 200 BCECretan War of 205-200 BCE
205 BCETreaty of Phoenice
203 BCEPo Valley Raid
203 BCEScipio defeats Hannibal at Zama
from 202 BCE to 46 BCEKingdom of Numidia
19 October 202 BCEBattle of Zama

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