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3rd century BC timeline
299 BC
The Roman siege technique is improved by the 'tortoise' which protects the attacking force
299 BC
Seleucus founds Antioch as a Greek city on the trade route between Mesopotamia and Europe
292 BC
The Colossus, a giant statue of Helios the sun god, is erected beside the harbour of Rhodes
281 BC
Pyrrhus lands in Italy, with 25,000 men and 20 elephants, to fight for the Greek colony of Tarentum against the Romans
c. 280 BC
The Jewish community of Alexandria coins the word
diaspora
for Jews living far from Israel
c. 280 BC
The Alexandrian school of medicine develops an alarming form of clinical anatomy – human vivisection
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