Famous People from the 3rd Century BC

Guess the Names of these famous people, who lived in the 3rd century BC

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Hint	Answer
Carthaginian general, who launched an invasion of Italy in the 2. Punic War	Hannibal Barca
Syracusian mathematician and Inventor, explained the lever and hydrostatics	Archimedes
Conservative roman politician, "Carthago delenda est"	Cato the Elder
First sceptic philosopher	Pyrrho
Roman playwright, wrote Palliata comoedia	Titus Maccius Plautus
Mathematician and author of the Elements	Euclid
Mauryan emperor, who established Buddhism in his realm	Ashoka
First emperor of the Han Dynasty	Gaozu of Han

Hint	Answer
Leader of the Carthaginian armies in the 1. Punic War, important father	Hamilcar Barca
Ambitius king of Epirus, known for costly victories	Pyrrhus
Defeated Carthago in the 2. Punic War at Zama	Scipio Africanus
United the Warring States and gave China its name	Qin Shi Huang
First astronomer to propose a heliocentric cosmos	Aristarchus of Samos
King of Egypt, who build the Libary of Alexandria	Ptolemy II
First person to calculate the circumference of the earth (quite accurately)	Eratosthenes