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|- ! B.C. !! |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 334. || Battle of the Granicus. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 333. || Battle of Issus. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 332. || Alexander in Egypt. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 331. || Battle of Arbela. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 330. || Darius III killed. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 323. || Death of Alexander the Great. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 321. || Rise of Chandragupta in the Punjab. The Romans completely beaten by the Samnites at the battle of the Caudine Forks. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 303. || Chandragupta repulsed Seleucus. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 285. || Ptolemy Soter died. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 281. || Pyrrhus invaded Italy. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 280. || Battle of Heraclea. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 279. || Battle of Ausculum. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 278. || Gauls' raid into Asia Minor and settlement in Galatia. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 275. || Pyrrhus left Italy. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 264. || First Punic War. (Asoka began to reign in Behar—to 227.) First gladiatorial games in Rome. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 260. || Battle of Mylæ. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 256. || Battle of Ecnomus. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 246. || Shi-Hwang-ti became king of Ch'in. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 242. || Battle of Ægatian Isles. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 241. || End of First Punic War. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 225. || Battle of Telamon. Roman armies in Illyria. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 220. || Shi-Hwang-ti became emperor of China. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 219. || Second Punic War. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 216. || Battle of Cannæ. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 214. || Great Wall of China begun. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 210. || Death of Shi-Hwang-ti. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 202. || Battle of Zama. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 201. || End of Second Punic War. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 200-197. || Rome at war with Macedonia. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 192. || War with the Seleucids. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 190. || Battle of Magnesia. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 149. || Third Punic War. (The Yueh-Chi came into Western Turkestan.) |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 146. || Carthage destroyed. Corinth destroyed. |}