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65| 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. | | c. 200 BC–AD c. 200 | South America [religion] | During this period the Nazca Lines are drawn in the desert along the south coast of Peru. These are enormous stylized outlines of animals, including a monkey, whale, spider, and hummingbird, and sets of parallel lines, some as long as 20 km/12 mi. They are believed to be a development of Chavín de Huantar art; they may have had religious significance, or they may have been connected with astronomy. | | c. 50–c. 78 | India, Kushan Empire [political events] | Kadphises II becomes king of the Kushans. In the west, he siezes the modern Punjab area from the Sakas, and in the east the Kushans occupy the area of Magadha as far as the city of Benares. | | 65 | Roman Empire [architecture] | After the great fire of Rome in 64, the emperor Nero starts to build a less congested, nobler, and more handsome city. He also starts to build his extravagant ‘Golden House’, a vast palace complex. | | 65 | Roman Empire [births and deaths] | The Latin poet Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) and his uncle Seneca the Younger, Roman orator, philosopher, poet, dramatist, and political adviser to Nero, die (26 and c. 68). They were implicated in a plot against Nero and were forced to commit suicide. Lucan leaves an epic poem, De Bello Civili/Civil War, sometimes known as the Pharsalia. Seneca, who virtually ruled Rome (54–62) leaves his Letters, a collection of tragedies, and many works on Stoic philosophy and ethics. | | c. 65 | Palestine, Roman Empire [births and deaths] | Paul the Apostle, who spread Christianity through his journeys and letters, is executed in Rome (c. 62). |
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