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244| 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. | | 244 | Roman Empire, Mesopotamia [births and deaths] | Gordian III, Roman emperor 238–244, grandson of Gordian I, is murdered in Zaitha, Mesopotamia, while campaigning (18). A mound is raised Carchemish in his memory. | | 244 | Roman Empire, Persia, Sassanian Empire [political events] | Following the murder of the Roman emperor Gordian III by his army commander, Philip the Arab, Philip replaces him as emperor. Philip makes peace with Persia and returns to Rome as Rome's first Arab emperor. |
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