3rd century BC

Centuries - Year in Review 3rd Century BC

4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades:290s BC,280s BC,270s BC,260s BC,250s BC,240s BC,230s BC,220s BC,210s BC,200s BC

Events:

• The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome over dominance in western Mediterranean

Significant persons:

• Archimedes of Syracuse, mathematician and scientist
• Euclid, mathematician
• Hannibal, military leader of Carthage
• Eratosthenes, accurately calculates diameter of the Earth