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#bc
// Miscellaneous stuff from B.C. era
#e <t>calendar<n>Ussher's creation date<d>4004 Oct 23<c>Mesopotamia<info>This is the date when Bishop James Ussher (in A.D. 1611) reckoned time began.
#e <t>calendar<d>3114 Aug 13<n>beginning of Mayan long-count calendar<c>Central America<info>B.C. 3114 Aug 13 is the zero date.
#e <t>construction<n>Stonehenge<info>beginning of construction<c>Wiltshire<d>2500
#p <o>ruler<n>Dionysius the Elder<b>430<d>367<c>Syracuse
#p <nat>Helvetian<o>chief<n>Orgetorix<b>90(25)<d>10(25)
// Macedonian Empire
#p <nat>Macedonian<o>king<n>Philip II<b>382<ac>359<d>336 Jun(1)<aka>Philip of Macedon<c>Macedon
#e <t>battle<n>Philip of Macedon wins control over Greece<d>338<c>Greece<vic>Macedonia
#p <nat>Macedonian<o>ruler<n>Alexander the Great<sur>Alexander<aka>Alexander III<b>356<ac>336 Jun(1)<d>323 Jun<fa>Philip II
<c>Macedon<dep>334 Jan(12)<c>Anatolia<arr>334<c>Issus<c>Damascus<arr>332<c>Tyre<c>Palestine<c>Alexandria<c>Palestine
<arr>331 Oct(2)<c>Gaugamela<c>Babylon<c>Susa<c>Persepolis<dep>330 May<c>Ecbatana<dep>327<c>Punjab
<c>mouth of the Indus<c>Persia<arr>324 Jan(2)<c>Susa<dep>324 Oct(2)<c>Ecbatana<arr>323 Apr(2)<c>Babylon
<info>Alexander's mother was Olympias, Philip's first wife. In 327 he married Roxana.
// see. Dictionary pg. 35 for empire outline
// 333 Alexander crosses Hellespont
#e <t>battle<n>Alexander defeats Persians<d>334<c>Issus<vic>Macedonia<info>Darius III is defeated.
#e <t>battle<n>Alexander defeats Persians<d>331 Oct(2)<c>Gaugamela<vic>Macedonia<info>Darius III is again defeated by Alexander.
// Seleucids
#p <nat>Macedonian<o>king<n>Antiochus IV Epiphanes<d>163<c>Jerusalem<info>A Seleucid
// Carthage
#p <nat>Carthaginian<o>soldier<n>Hamilcar Barca<d>229(1)<c>Carthage
#p <nat>Carthaginian<o>soldier<n>Hasdrubal<d>207<fa>Hamilcar Barca<c>Carthage
#p <nat>Carthaginian<o>soldier<n>Hannibal<b>247(1)<d>183(1)<fa>Hamilcar Barca<c>Carthage
#e <t>war<n>First Punic War<d>264<e>241<c>Carthage<info>war between Rome and Carthage
#e <t>war<n>Second Punic War<d>218<e>201<c>Carthage
#e <t>war<n>Third Punic War<d>149<e>146<vic>Rome<c>Carthage
#ad
#p <nat>Carthaginian<o>theologian<n>Tertullian<b>160(5)<d>240(5)<c>Carthage
#p <nat>Carthaginian<o>monk<n>Augustine of Hippo<sur>Augustine<b>354<d>430<c>Hippo
#e <t>pub<n>Confessions<au>Augustine of Hippo<d>401<c>Hippo