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205 BC| c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | 216 BC–205 BC | Greece, Rome, Illyria [Macedonian–Roman Wars (216–172 BC)] | King Philip V of Macedon, resenting Rome's interference in Illyria, seizes his opportunity and invades Illyria, starting the First Macedonian War. The war continues in a somewhat desultory fashion for 11 years. | | 205 BC | Greece, Rome [Macedonian–Roman Wars (216–172 BC)] | King Philip V of Macedon, who made an alliance with Carthage in 215 BC, expecting the Carthaginian general Hannibal to rapidly conquer Rome so that he could regain control of the Roman protectorate in western Greece, makes a temporary peace with Rome at Phoenice, ending the First Macedonian War. Rome retains most of its protectorate. |
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