This was a century in which the Roman Empire ballooned out particularly south and east. In central and western Europe the Celts and Germanic tribes vied for position, both pushed from the south by the Romans. Meanwhile in the east a thriving, expanding and civilized China began to have increasing trouble with Asiatic nomads, particularly the Hsuing-nu. Central and South American cultures continued their slow but progressive developments.









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