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264 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. | | 264 BC | Rome, Carthage, Sicily [Punic Wars (265–149 BC)] | King Hieron of Syracuse, Sicily, threatens to renew his attack on the Mamertines (society of disbanded mercenaries), who appeal to Carthage and receive a Carthaginian garrison; they then appeal to Rome, get rid of the Carthaginian garrison, and welcome two Roman legions under Appius Claudius (a relative of the Roman censor). The Carthaginians, affronted, send a force to Sicily, and they are supported by Hieron. Appius Claudius beats them off, and the First Punic War breaks out. |
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