220 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC – 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC

Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC – 220s BC – 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC

Years: 225 BC 224 BC 223 BC 222 BC 221 BC – 220 BC – 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC 216 BC 215 BC

Events

• October/November – Pharaoh Ptolemy IV of Egypt marries his sister, who rises to the throne as Arsinoe III of Egypt.
• Eratosthenes measures the size of the Earth.
• On the island Crete, the Gortynians occupy Matala.
• The Romans begin work on the Via Flaminia, a road leading north out of the city.
• Qin Shi Huang began a system of tree-lined roads to interconnect all parts of China, and began to join regional walls to form the Great Wall (Wan li chang cheng).

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