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	Encyclopedia: Pyrrhus of Epirus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		297, the king of Epirus from 306 - 301 BC and in 297 BC - 272 BC and of Macedon in 288 - 284 and in 273 - 272 BC, one of the strongest opponents of Rome.
		Demetrius I (337-283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes (Besieger), son of Antigonus I of Macedon and Stratonice was a king of Macedon (294 - 288 BC).
		Ptolemy I Soter (367 BCâ€“283 BC) was the ruler of Egypt (323 BC - 283 BC) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pyrrhus-of-Epirus (3247 words)

	WIU Undergraduate Catalog 2001-2002 -- Communication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prerequisites: Eng 180 and 280; BC 221 and 223 or consent of instructor.
		Prerequisites: BC 221 and 323; Eng 180 and 280.
		Prerequisites: BC 221, 321, and 322; Eng 180 and 280.
	www.wiu.edu /catalog/01/comm.shtml (2954 words)

	3rd century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mencius, Chinese philosopher and sage (371 - 289 BC).
		Ptolemy II Philadelphos (284 BC-246 BC) and his wives Arsinoe I and Arsinoe II Philadelphos.
		Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204 BC-180 BC) and his wife Cleopatra I.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/3rd_century_BC (255 words)

	Encyclopedia: 280 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Decades: 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC - 280s BC - 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them.
		Births The Battle of Heraclea took place in 280 BC between the Romans under the command of consul Publius Valerius Laevinus and the combined forces of Greeks from Taranto, Thurii, Metapont, Heraclea and Epirus under the command of king Pyrrhus of Epirus.
		Aristarchus (310 BC - circa 230 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born in Samos, Greece.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/280-BC (1331 words)

	280 BC - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
		Decades: 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC - 280s BC - 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC
		Battle of Heraclea: The Greeks, led by Pyrrhus of Epirus, defeat with severe casualties a Roman army the first time these cultures meet in battle.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /280_BC (123 words)

	Notes of History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The island first appears in recorded history during the 2nd millennium BC, when, it was inhabited by the Dorians.
		In the 5th century BC, the three cities are recorded as members of the Delian League, a confederation of Greek states under the eadership of Athens.
		In 408 BC the first city in history to have an urban plan, was completed.
	www.helios.gr /rhodes/history.htm (427 words)

	Victori - The Roman Military \| BCE Timeline
		387 BC In 387 BC Ancient Rome is sacked and looted by the Gauls, a neighboring empire.
		343 to 290 BC In the period of 343 to 290 BC, the Romans conquered the Sabines to the North, and the Samnites to the South East.
		280 BC In 280 BC many Greek cities in South Italy were taken by Rome.
	www.numbera.com /rome/history/bcetimeline.aspx (365 words)

	Interactive History Chart 200 BC - AD 100
		The Ptolemies controlled Palestine until 198 BC when Ptolemy V's army was defeated by the Seleucid king Antiochus III, The Great, at Baneas near one of the sources of the Jordan River.
		In 170 BC, when Antiochus was campaigning in Egypt, there was a rumor of the king's death, and Jason led a revolt, which brought Antiochus to Jerusalem, where his army proceeded to rob, pillage, rape, and enslave the people.
		In 152 BC he became the first Hasmonean to take the roles of both ruler and priest, when he was offered the priesthood by Alexander Balas, a pretender to the Seleucid throne.
	www.tagnet.org /spiritquest/chartint.htm (1562 words)

	Galatians (280-25 BC) - DBA 45 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At Magnesia (180 BC) Galatians fought for King Antiochus of Syria against the Romans.
		In 64 BC, the tetrarch Deiotarus fought for Rome against King Mithrades I of Pontus, and was rewarded by being named King of the Galatians by the Romans.
		A Galatian legion under command of the Roman Domitius was routed in battle against the army of Pharnaces of Pontus in the Alexandrian War (40 BC).
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/armies/II30 (1127 words)

	Appius Claudius Caecus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was a censor in 312 BC during the Second Samnite War.
		He later served as consul twice, in 307 BC and 296 BC, and in 292 BC and 285 BC he was appointed dictator.
		In 280 BC, after he had gone blind (because of a curse, according to Livy), he gave a famous speech against Cineas, an envoy of Pyrrhus of Epirus, declaring that Rome would never surrender.
	www.wikiverse.org /appius-claudius-caecus (290 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Seven Wonders of the World
		The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was carved in the mid-5th century bc by the Greek sculptor Phidias.
		An imposing temple in her honor was built in Ephesus in what is now Turkey in the 6th century bc and rebuilt after it burned in 356 bc.
		The Colossus of Rhodes, a huge bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios, was erected about 280 bc to guard the entrance to the harbor at Rhodes, a Greek island off the coast of Asia Minor.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761568384__1/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World.html (857 words)

	Pyrrhic War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 280, the year Tarentum requested his help, he saw war against Rome as an opportunity to extend Macedonian authority over Italy as Alexander had planned, and he saw an opportunity to win for himself some of the glory that Alexander had won.
		This was not quite what the populace of Tarentum had intended, and the declaration of martial law by the advance guard which garrisoned their city in 280 BC cooled their love for Pyrrhus very quickly.
		In 272 BC Pyrrhus' life came to an end - one version is that during a street battle in Argos when a woman threw a roof tile down upon his head, killing him.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /pyrrhic-war.htm (1805 words)

	Messana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		730-725 BC It was an ancient Siculan colony, first mentioned about 730 BC, founded by settlers from Chalcis (Ionic Greece), who called it Zankle ("Sickle"), from the shape of the harbour.
		494-493 BC In the early 5th century BC it was occupied by Greek fugitives from Persian-occupied Miletus and Samos.
		280 BC Revolt of the Campanians (mercenaries) in Rhegium; this is the first time the Mamertines at Messana are mentioned.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /messana.htm (315 words)

	Timeline of solar system astronomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		280 BC - Aristarchus uses the size of the Earth's shadow on the Moon to estimate that the Moon's radius is one-third that of the Earth
		200 BC - Eratosthenes uses shadows to determine that the radius of the Earth is roughly 6,400 km
		150 BC - Hipparchus uses parallax to determine that the distance to the Moon is roughly 380,000 km
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/timeline_of_solar_system_astronomy (810 words)

	Seven Wonders of the World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The historian Herodotus, the scholar Callimachus of Cyrene (ca 305–240 BC) at the Museum of Alexandria, and the engineer of Byzantium had made earlier lists but the writings have not survived, except as references.
		270 BC on Pharos island near Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II by Greek architect Sostratus, in present Egypt.
		Temple of Artemis — 550 BC, at Ephesus, present Turkey.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Seven_Wonders_of_the_World (822 words)

	Geochronology
		280 BC Celts arrive to the Balkans and Asia Minor
		9 BC Illyria and Pannonia conquered by Rome
		1700 BC Aryans as one of the nations of Mitanni Empire
	indoeuro.bizland.com /project/chron/chronn.html (372 words)

	Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BC, was found next to the left hand of a skeleton in the Arabadzhjiska mound at the village of Duvanli, Plovdiv district.
		Kotys I (384-359 BC) was an ally of the Athenians and gave his daughter as a bride to the general Iphikrates, for helping him establish his authority from the Strymon to the Euxine Pontus.
		During the 1st millennium BC the Macedonian region was populated by a mixture of peoples--Thracians, Illyrians, and Greeks.
	members.tripod.com /great-bulgaria/Bulgaria/index.html (19183 words)

	Rhodes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A treaty was signed and the Rhodians celebrated by building the "Colossus of Rhodes" one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world between 292 and 280 BC using bronze from siege machines left by Antigonos.
		The Statue was toppled in an earthquake in 225 BC and destroyed along with the city.
		In 167 BC, due to the Rhodians not supporting Rome against "Perseus" of Macedon, the Romans made Delos a free port causing the economy of Rhodes to collapse.
	www.ancientcash.info /page-3/caria-title-1.html (369 words)

	The Colossus Of Rhodes - Architecture of The World - GKIndia.com
		The Colossus of Rhodes was a 30-m (100-ft) bronze statue of the Greek sungod Helios, erected about 280 BC to guard the entrance to the harbor at Rhodes; itwas destroyed about 55 years later.
		The Colossus of Rhodes was a great bronzestatue, erected in about 280 BC by the citizens of Rhodes, capital of the Greek islandof the same name.
		The statue was overthrown by an earthquake in 224 BC butits huge fragments long were regarded with wonder.
	www.gkindia.com /architecture/colossus.htm (166 words)

	Department of Communication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This course may not be taken concurrently with BC 401.
		Prerequisites: BC 221, 223, 321, and 322 or 327; Eng 180 and 280.
		Prerequisites: Eng 180 and 280; BC 322 or 327, BC 324, or consent of the instructor.
	www.wiu.edu /users/micom/bcourses.shtml (975 words)

	BBC - History - Archimedes (c.290/280 BC - 212/211 BC)
		Archimedes was born and mainly lived in Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily.
		When the Romans invaded Syracuse in 214 BC, Archimedes invented 'engines of war' to defend the city, including cranes to drop rocks, claws to lift ships from the water, and machines to fire missiles.
		Most famous were the burning mirrors, with which Archimedes is supposed to have set ships on fire.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/historic_figures/archimedes.shtml (633 words)

	Chronology of the Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		753 B.C. - (This is a traditional date accepted by ancient historians, but for which there is no certain evidence.) Rome was allegedly founded on 21 April by Romulus (in myth a descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas), who later killed his twin brother, Remus, in a quarrel.
		58—51 BC - Caesar's conquest of all of Gaul.
		53 BC - The Parthians defeat a Roman army at the battle of Carrhae in which Crassus was killed.
	www.personal.kent.edu /~bkharvey/roman/sources/repchron.htm (1004 words)

	Demetrius Phalereus on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was governor of Athens (317-307 BC) under Cassander.
		In 307 BC, when Demetrius I took Athens, Demetrius Phalereus was overthrown.
		Escaping to Egypt, he rose in the favor of Ptolemy I, to whom he is said to have suggested a library.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DemetP1.asp (134 words)

	280 BC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		280 BC Centuries : 4th centuryBC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
		Decades : 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC - 280s BC - 270s BC 260s BC 250sBC 240s BC 230s BC
		Battle of Heraclea : The Greeks, led by Pyrrhus of Epirus,defeat with severe casualties a Roman army the first time thesecultures meet in battle.
	www.therfcc.org /280-bc-44024.html (125 words)

	280 BC Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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	Bible History Online - Babylonian Chronicle (Biblical Archaeology) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This tablet is part of that chronicle and records events from 605-594 BC including Nebuchadnezzar II's campaigns in the west, where Jerusalem is. It also records the defeat of the Assyrians and the fall of the Assyrian Empire and the rising threat of Egypt.
		This tablet is one of a series that summarizes the principal events of each year from 747 BC to at least 280 BC.
		Following the defeat of the Assyrians (as described in the Chronicle for 616-609 BC), the Egyptians became the greatest threat to the Babylonians.
	www.bible-history.com /archaeology/babylon/babylonian-chronicle.html (382 words)

	Galatians (280-25 BC) - DBA 45
		Perhaps due to this migration through open country, they were known to fight in tighter formations than their western counterparts, which made them vulnerable in bad going.
		The Galatian army list begins properly in 279 BC, when the Galatian host stopped its migration in northern Macedonia and debated whether to continue west or move south into Greece.
		Two legions of imitation legionaries were combined and enrolled as Legio XXII Deitariana when Galatia was absorbed by Rome in 25 BC.
	www.fanaticus.org /DBA/armies/dba45.html (1036 words)

	The Pyrrhic War, 280-275 BC (from ancient Rome) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		The Greece that Poe praised was primarily Athens during its golden age in the 5th century BC.
		Includes an anthology of primary source documents, a detailed timeline from 2000 BC to AD 600, and a list of resources and related links.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-26604?tocId=26604 (1039 words)

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