Timeline History

The 3rd century BC

575 recorded events across 93 years of the 3rd century BC, 300 BC to 201 BC. 423 of them are dated to a specific year; the rest are recorded only as belonging to the 3rd century BC. The largest categories are people (350), wars & conflicts (191) and empires & countries (21).

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Busiest years

Every year in the 3rd century BC

Years with no recorded events are omitted. The number is how many events are dated precisely to that year; entries known only to a century or decade are listed on the year page separately.