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5 days ago · However, the aggressive unification of the nation in the 3rd century BC by Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, led to the near erasure of these kingdoms’ rich cultural histories. It is these histories that are being celebrated in an exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (19 April–22 July).
4 days ago · Further evidence for the Library's survival after 48 BC comes from the fact that the most notable producer of composite commentaries during the late first century BC and early first century AD was a scholar who worked in Alexandria named Didymus Chalcenterus, whose epithet Χαλκέντερος (Chalkénteros) means "bronze guts".
- Any written works
- National library
- Possibly during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC)
3 days ago · Stoicism was one of ancient Greece’s philosophical movements founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Credit: Public domain Stoicism, was one of ancient Greece’s philosophical movements founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Stoicism is a ...
4 days ago · The 3rd century BC is generally regarded as the "Golden Age" of Greek mathematics, with advances in pure mathematics henceforth in relative decline. Nevertheless, in the centuries that followed significant advances were made in applied mathematics, most notably trigonometry, largely to address the needs of astronomers.
4 days ago · A seated woman in a fresco from the Roman Villa Boscoreale, dated mid-1st century BC. It likely represents Berenice II of Ptolemaic Egypt wearing a stephane (i.e. royal diadem) on her head. Ptolemy Keraunos (died 279 BC) – eldest son of Ptolemy I Soter. Eventually became king of Macedonia. Ptolemy Apion (died 96 BC) – son of Ptolemy VIII ...
- 305 BC
- Ptolemy I Soter
4 days ago · Otherwise, citizenship could be granted by the people, later by generals and emperors. By the 3rd century bc the plebeians gained equal voting rights with the patricians, so that all Roman citizens were enfranchised, but the value of the voting right was related to wealth because the Roman assemblies were organized by property qualifications.
3 days ago · The main attraction of Sanchi is the Great Stupa, believed to be the first monument to be erected in Sanchi in the third century BC. It is also one of the oldest stone structures in India and is considered one of the finest examples of Buddhist architecture and art, built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.
