Editing 3rd century BC (section)

==Significant people==
[[File:Seleuco I Nicatore.JPG|120px|thumb|right|[[Seleucus I]]]]
[[File:Ptolemy I Soter Louvre Ma849.jpg|120px|thumb|right|[[Ptolemy Soter]]]]
[[File:Demetrius I of Macedon.jpg|120px|thumb|right|[[Demetrius Poliorcetes]]]]
[[File:Pyrrhus.JPG|120px|thumb|right|[[Pyrrhus of Epirus]]]]
[[File:Mommsen p265.jpg|120px|thumb|right|[[Hannibal]]]]
[[File:Escipión africano.JPG|120px|thumb|right|[[Scipio Africanus]]]]
[[File:Menander Chiaramonti Inv1453.jpg|120px|thumb|right|[[Menander]]]]
[[File:Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Napoli, 1969) - BEIC 6353768.jpg|120px|thumb|right|[[Zeno of Citium]]]]

=== Politics ===
*[[Appius Claudius Caecus]], Roman statesman
*[[Aratus of Sicyon]], Greek statesman 
*[[Arsinoe II of Egypt|Arsinoe II]], co-ruler of [[Egypt]]
*[[Ashoka]], [[Mauryan]] ruler of [[India]]
*[[Bindusara]], ruler of the [[Mauryan Empire]]
*[[Diodotus I]], first ruler of [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]]
*[[Emperor Gaozu of Han]] (高皇帝), founder of the [[Han dynasty]] in China
*[[Hamilcar Barca]], [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general and politician
*[[Hannibal]], Carthaginian general and politician
*[[Hanno the Great]], Carthaginian politician
*[[Ilamchetchenni]], king of the [[Chola dynasty]] in  [[South India]]
*[[Nedunjeliyan I]], ruler of the [[Pandya dynasty]] in South India
*[[King Zhaoxiang of Qin]], Chinese king of the [[Qin (state)|Qin]] state
*[[Li Bing (Qin)|Li Bing]] (李冰), Chinese administrator and engineer 
*[[Li Si]] (李斯), Chinese [[Chancellor (China)|Chancellor]] of the [[Qin dynasty]]
*[[Lü Buwei]], Chinese merchant and Chancellor of Qin
*[[Lin Xiangru]], Chinese politician
*[[Cato the Elder|Marcus Porcius Cato]], Roman statesman and writer
*[[Masinissa]], king of [[Numidia]]
*[[Modu Chanyu]], [[Xiongnu]] chieftain
*[[Philip V of Macedon]], King of Macedonia
*[[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy I]], [[pharaoh]] of Egypt
*[[Ptolemy II of Egypt|Ptolemy II]], pharaoh of Egypt
*[[Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus]], Roman general and politician
*[[Pyrrhus of Epirus]], King of Epirus
*[[Qin Shi Huang]] (秦始皇), Chinese Emperor
*[[Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus]], Roman general and politician
*[[Xiao He]], Chinese statesman and [[Chancellor (China)|Chancellor]] of the [[Han dynasty]]
*[[Zhang Liang (Western Han)|Zhang Liang]], Chinese strategist and statesman

===Military===
*[[Bai Qi]] (白起), Chinese general
*[[Gaius Lutatius Catulus]], Roman general
*[[Han Xin]], Chinese general
*[[Hasdrubal Barca]], Carthaginian general
*[[Lian Po]], Chinese general
*[[Li Mu]], Chinese general
*[[Mago Barca]], Carthaginian general
*[[Manius Curius Dentatus]], Roman general
*[[Marcus Atilius Regulus]], Roman general
*[[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]], Roman general
*[[Meng Tian]], Chinese general
*[[Xanthippus of Carthage]], Greek general
*[[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]], Chinese general
*[[Xiang Yu]] (項羽), Chinese rebel general against the Qin dynasty
*[[Zhao Tuo]], Chinese military commander who conquered the Vietnamese Kingdom of [[Au Lac]]

===Literature===
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], Greek poet
*[[Aratus]], Greek poet
*[[Callimachus]], Greek poet and scholar
*[[Gnaeus Naevius]], Roman poet
*[[Herodas]], Greek satirist
*[[Menander]], Greek playwright
*[[Menippus]], Greek satirist
*[[Plautus]], Old Latin playwright
*[[Song Yu]] (宋玉), Chinese poet
*[[Theocritus]], Greek poet 
*[[Timaeus (historian)|Timaeus]], Greek Historian
*[[Qu Yuan]] (屈原), Chinese poet and scholar
*[[Sangam literature]] (300BC-100AD), of the Tamil language

===Science and philosophy===
*[[Apollonius of Perga]], Greek mathematician
*[[Arcesilaus]], Greek philosopher
*[[Archimedes]], Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer
*[[Aristarchus of Samos]], Greek astronomer and mathematician
*[[Aristillus]], the Greek astronomer
*[[Berossus]] Hellenistic Babylonian historian and astronomer
*[[Conon of Samos]], the Greek astronomer
*[[Demetrius of Phalerum]], Greek philosopher and orator
*[[Dicaearchus]], Greek philosopher and scientist
*[[Epicurus]], Greek philosopher
*[[Eratosthenes]], Greek mathematician, geographer, and astronomer
*[[Euclid]], the Greek geometer
*[[Han Fei]] (韓非), Chinese philosopher
*[[Manetho]], Hellenistic Egyptian historian
*[[Mencius]], Chinese philosopher
*[[Philo of Byzantium]], Greek mechanic
*[[Pyrrho]], Greek philosopher
*[[Theophrastus]], Greek philosopher
*[[Timon of Phlius]], Greek philosopher
*[[Xun Kuang]] (荀況, Xun Li), Chinese philosopher
*[[Zeno of Citium]], Greek philosopher
*[[Zenodotus]], Greek grammarian