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235| 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. | | 235–238 | Roman Empire, Germany [wars] | The new Roman emperor, Maximinus, campaigns on the rivers Danube and Rhine in Germany, defeating the Alemanni, and never visits Rome. He is accepted by the Senate, but taxes the rich aristocracy heavily and engenders such hostility among them that they plot against him. | | 235 | Roman Empire [law and government] | Following the assassination of the emperor Alexander Severus, Rome enters another anarchic period, sometimes known as the 3rd Century Crisis, during which power rests with the legionaries and no fewer than 37 men are declared emperor within 35 years. |
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