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215 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. | | 215 BC | Rome, Carthage, Sicily [Punic Wars (265–149 BC)] | The Carthaginians fail to recapture Sardinia. Their general, Hannibal, captures the city of Tarentum in southern Italy, but is denied any reinforcements from Spain by the activities of the Roman general Publius Scipio senior and his brother Gnaeus. The Greek city of Syracuse in Sicily revolts against Rome and holds out for four years. |
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