A Museum of World History: 250 BC to 49 CE (Level 2: Guess the year)

Horace, 32, publishes a book of 38 odes.

Octavian, 36, becomes the first Roman Emperor and takes the name “Augustus.”

Virgil, 41, writes The Georgics, a series of poems that honor the simplicity of farm life.

Archimedes figures out how to measure the density of an object.

Qin Shihuang unites China’s Warring States and launches the Qin Dynasty.

Ovid, 35, writes Metamorphoses.

Cleopatra takes power in Egypt.

Han leader Liu Bang, 54, commands soldiers who defeat the soldiers of Xian Yu at the Battle of Gaixa, launching the Han Dynasty.

Julius Caesar commands an army that crosses the Rubicon river into Italy, leading to Caesar's election as dictator, and the end of the age of the Roman Republic.

The Silk Road's last link is completed by the Han, connecting China and the Roman Empire.

Wang Mang , 54, takes power from the Han in China.

Rome's population reaches 1 million, making it the largest city in the world