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