Millennia:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades:	250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC
Years:	229 BC 228 BC 227 BC 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC 223 BC 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths - State leaders - Sovereign states Establishments - Disestablishments

Events and trends

• Qin Shi Huang, the king of Qin, unifies the warring states of China into a unified state in 221 BC.
• A large Gallic army is defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Telamon in 225 BC.

Births

Deaths