by King Chandragupta Maurya. Silk is exported to Europe from China. Armillary spheres, models of objects in the sky developed by the Greeks, are in use as teaching tools. Rotary mill invented by the ancient Greeks. Significant people Politics Appius Claudius Caecus, Roman statesman Aratus of Sicyon, Greek statesman 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, 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 Li Bing (李冰), Chinese administrator and engineer Li Si (李斯), Chinese Chancellor of the Qin dynasty Lü Buwei, Chinese merchant and Chancellor of Qin Lin Xiangru, Chinese politician Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman statesman and writer Masinissa, king of Numidia Modu Chanyu, Xiongnu chieftain Philip V of Macedon, King of Macedonia Ptolemy I, pharaoh 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 of the Han dynasty 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, 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, 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