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249| 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. | | 249 | Roman Empire, Thrace, Moesia, Dacia, Gaul [Gothic War (249)] | The Goths cross the River Danube and ravage the Roman provinces of Thrace, Moesia, and Dacia. Civil war in Gaul is suppressed. | | 249 | Roman Empire, Pannonia [political events] | Discontented at having an Arab as emperor, the legionaries in several Roman provinces revolt. Philip offers to abdicate, then sends his general Messius Quintus Gaius Decius to pacify the legionaries in Pannonia, who seem to consider themselves the guardians of true Roman virtues. They force Decius to assume the throne and to lead them into Italy. At a battle at Verona, northern Italy, Philip is defeated and slain and Decius becomes emperor. |
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