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