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| c. 215 BC |
| | | The Qin emperor joins up earlier fortifications to create the Great Wall of China | |
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| c. 200 BC |
| | | The earth drawings of the Nazca people, known now as the Nazca Lines, are some of the largest works of art ever created | |
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| c. 120 BC |
| | | Antipater, a Greek author living on the Phoenician coast, lists the seven wonders of the world | |
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| c. 20 BC |
| | | Roman author Vitruvius writes De Architectura, now generally known as The Ten Books of Architecture | |
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| c. 20 |
| | | The Romans construct the massive Pont du Gard to bring water to the city of Nîmes | |
|  | Pont du Gard
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| c. 120 |
| | | The Pantheon, roofed with the most spectacular dome of antiquity, is built in Rome by Hadrian | |
|  | Pantheon, exterior
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| c. 200 |
| | | The rock tombs of prosperous Petra, now incorporated in the Roman empire, are carved in the cliffs as classical temples | |
|  | Petra, the Treasury
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| c. 315 |
| | | Constantine founds several churches in Rome, among them the first St Peter's | |
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| c. 320 |
| | | Constantine's new churches in Rome introduce an important element in church architecture, the transept | |
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| 360 |
| | | The first church of Santa Sophia in Constantinople, begun by Constantine himself, is completed | |
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