Editing 3rd century BC (section)

=== Politics ===
*[[Appius Claudius Caecus]], Roman statesman
*[[Aratus of Sicyon]], Greek statesman 
*[[Arsinoe II of Egypt|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]], [[Carthage|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)|Qin]] state
*[[Li Bing (Qin)|Li Bing]] (李冰), Chinese administrator and engineer 
*[[Li Si]] (李斯), Chinese [[Chancellor (China)|Chancellor]] of the [[Qin dynasty]]
*[[Lü Buwei]], Chinese merchant and Chancellor of Qin
*[[Lin Xiangru]], Chinese politician
*[[Cato the Elder|Marcus Porcius Cato]], Roman statesman and writer
*[[Masinissa]], king of [[Numidia]]
*[[Modu Chanyu]], [[Xiongnu]] chieftain
*[[Philip V of Macedon]], King of Macedonia
*[[Ptolemy I of Egypt|Ptolemy I]], [[pharaoh]] of Egypt
*[[Ptolemy II 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 (China)|Chancellor]] of the [[Han dynasty]]
*[[Zhang Liang (Western Han)|Zhang Liang]], Chinese strategist and statesman