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298| 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. | | 298 | Roman Empire, Persia, Sassanian Empire [wars] | Galerius, the Roman emperor Diocletian's Caesar in the East, redeems his humiliation of the previous year by winning a complete victory over King Narses of Sassanian Persia, capturing his wives and children and taking a huge booty, then pressing on to capture Ctesiphon itself, the capital of the Sassanian Empire. King Narses cedes Mesopotamia and five small provinces beyond the River Tigris to Rome. The city of Nisibis is designated a centre for commercial relations between the two empires. In return for this, Narses' wives and children are restored. |
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