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340| 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. | | 339–350 | Roman Empire, Persia, Sassanian Empire, Mesopotamia [wars] | The Roman emperor Constantius hastens to his territory in the East, where a revived Persia under King Shapur II is attacking the Roman province of Mesopotamia. For the next 11 years the two powers engage in a war of border skirmishing with no real victor. | | 340 | Roman Empire [wars] | The Roman emperor Constantine II crosses the Alps and attacks the army of his brother Emperor Constans at Aquileia in northern Italy. When he is ambushed and killed by Constans, Constans is left master of the West, with his other brother, the emperor Constantius, master of the East. |
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