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214| 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. | | 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | 213–214 | Roman Empire, Germany [Alemannic War (213)] | The Roman emperor Caracalla expels some German marauders from Gaul, then meets the Alemanni, an increasingly powerful collection of German tribes between the upper Danube and the upper Rhine. Caracalla wins a victory over the Alemanni on the banks of the River Main, and gives himself the title ‘Germanicus’. It is probably while campaigning in Germany that he takes a liking to the caracalla, a Celtic or German tunic from which he acquires the name by which he is known. |
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