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Centuries:
4th century BC - '''
3rd century BC''' -
2nd century BC
Decades:
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Years:
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'''Events'''
*
Luoyang falls without much resistance to the armies of the
Qin, ending the reign of the emperor
Zhou Nan Wang. Although a successor was appointed as
Dong Zhou Hui Wang, traditionally in
Chinese history this is considered the end of the
Zhou Dynasty.
*
First Punic War:
** In the
Battle of Cape Ecnomus, the
Romans defeat a
Carthaginian fleet under
Hamilcar and
Hanno the Great attempting to stop a Roman invasion of Africa by
Marcus Atilius Regulus.
** In the
Battle of Adys, the Romans under Regulus defeat the Carthaginians on North African soil.
'''Births'''
*
'''Deaths'''
*
Zhou Nan Wang, King of the
Zhou Dynasty of
China.
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lb:-256
