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251| 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. | | 251 | Roman Empire, UK [wars] | The prosperity of Roman Britain declines during this period as the Germanic tribes of the Franks and Saxons, whose homelands are in Friesland and the Low Countries, make raids around the southeast coast. | | 251 | Roman Empire, Moesia, Thrace [Gothic War (249)] | Following the deaths of the Roman emperor Decius and his son, Herennius, at the hands of the Goths in a battle in Moesia (north of Thrace), Vibius Trebonianus Gaius Gallus, senatorial governor of Moesia, is elected emperor by the troops. However, Goth attacks on the Roman Empire's Danubian provinces continue for some 20 years, causing enormous damage. |
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