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Nabataea: Southern India 250 BC - 250 AD (1209 words) |
 | The Mauryan Dynasty [322 BC - 185 BC] |
| His son and successor, Bindusara (296 BC - 273 BC), extended the kingdom further and conquered the south as far as Mysore. |
| In 185 BC, the Mauryan king was overthrown by Pushyamitra Shunga, an ambitious Commander-in-Chief of armed forces. |
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Appius Claudius Caecus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (309 words) |
| He was a censor in 312 BC during the Second Samnite War. |
| He later served as consul twice, in 307 BC and 296 BC, and in 292 BC and 285 BC he was appointed dictator. |
| In 280 BC, after he had gone blind (because of a curse, according to Livy), he gave a famous speech against Cineas, an envoy of Pyrrhus of Epirus, declaring that Rome would never surrender. |
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