His unification of the other six powers, and further annexations in the modern regions of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi in 214 BC, enabled him to proclaim himself the First Emperor ( Qin Shi Huang ).

No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 214 BC – 158 BC.

He was Roman Consul five times ( 233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC ) and was twice Dictator, in 221 and again in 217 BC.

" After serving as Dictator he served as Consul twice more in 215 BC, 214 BC, and for a fifth time in 209 BC.

Among his many inventions were various military engines including the claw of Archimedes, later used to resist the Roman siege of 214 BC – 212 BC.

The Romans, led by consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus, besieged the city in 214 BC.

* 214 BC: Qin Shi Huang of the Chinese Qin Dynasty ordered construction of the Great Wall of China.

* Carneades, philosopher, and founder of Third Academy ( b. c. 214 BC )

In 214 BC Qin Shihuang secured his boundaries to the north with a fraction ( 100, 000 men ) of his large army, and sent the majority ( 500, 000 men ) of his army south to conquer the territory of the southern tribes.

* 214 BC – Lingqu Canal is built in China

Year 214 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

The denomination 214 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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In its immediate neighborhood were fought two of the most decisive actions of the war: the Battle of Beneventum, ( 214 BC ), in which the Carthaginian general Hanno was defeated by Tiberius Gracchus ; the other in 212 BC, when the camp of Hanno, in which he had accumulated a vast quantity of corn and other stores, was stormed and taken by the Roman consul Quintus Fulvius Flaccus.

But, having attracted the notice of Lucius Valerius Flaccus, he was brought to Rome, and successively held the offices of Cursus Honorum: Military tribune ( 214 BC ), Quaestor ( 204 BC ), Aedile ( 199 BC ), Praetor ( 198 BC ), Consul ( 195 BC ) together with his old patron, and finally Censor ( 184 BC ).

Pang Tong ( 179 – 214 ) was an advisor to Liu Bei during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history.

Kuai Yue ( died 214 ), style name Yidu ( 異度 ), was an advisor to the warlord Liu Biao during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history.

" Since then, other scholars have attempted to redact these scripts, including Dai De ( 戴德, also called Senior Dai ) who reworked the text in the 1st Century BCE, reducing the original 214 books to 85, which was further reduced by his younger brother Dai Sheng ( 戴圣, Junior Dai ) to 46 books, to which three were added towards the end of the Han Dynasty, bringing the total to 49.

In the general election, Garfield defeated the Democratic candidate Winfield Scott Hancock, another distinguished former Union Army general, by 214 electoral votes to 155.

In the 2009 general election, the last held before the revolution, the RCD won 161 of 214 seats with the remaining 53 seats going to minority parties.

But section 212 of the Act describes the foreign relationships that are eligible for recognition as those that are " registered " in another country, so unregistered or de facto partners arguably cannot satisfy the general conditions for recognition in the United Kingdom under section 214 of the Act.

These unions appear to meet the general conditions under Section 214 of the Act, and they also appear to be equivalent to other unions that have been included in Schedule 20.

* Ontario general election, 1977, Riverdale, 214 votes, fourth out of six candidates ( winner: Jim Renwick, New Democratic Party )

Despite his poor won-lost record ( 214 – 282,. 431 ) in Cincinnati, Dressen made a valuable ally in the Reds ’ mercurial general manager, Larry MacPhail.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 78, 267 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 66 % general aviation, 26 % air taxi, 6 % military and 2 % scheduled commercial.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 78, 468 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 50 % general aviation, 35 % air taxi, 8 % military and 6 % scheduled commercial.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 78, 462 aircraft operations, an average of 214 per day: 50 % general aviation, 32 % military, 18 % air taxi and < 1 % scheduled commercial.

By 214, Zhao Tuo and Ren Xiao had returned and pacified the Western Valley Yue, opening up Guangxi and the south to the immigration of hundreds of thousands of Chinese.

In 214 BC, the First Emperor dispatched Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo at the head of reinforcements to once again mount an attack.

According to the 2008 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations claimed 214, 738 members in 2002.

On July 11, 2007, while on the disabled list, he was claimed off waivers by the Kansas City Royals, for whom he batted. 188 in 2007 and. 214 in 2008.

Six astatine isotopes, with mass numbers of 214 to 219, are present in nature as the products of various decay routes of heavier elements, but neither the most stable isotope of astatine ( with mass number 210 ) nor astatine-211 ( which is used in medicine ) is produced naturally.

Based on the proportion of Cecropia species producing Mullerian bodies in at least some parts of their distribution, myrmecophytes comprise the vast majority ( 80 %) of species in the genus ; most nonmyrmecophytes occur at higher elevations and on islands, where their ants are missing .” ( Berg, Rosselli and Davidson, 2005: page 214 )

Zoning laws are, of course, the classic example, see Hadacheck v. Sebastian, 239 U. S. 394 ( 1915 ) ( prohibition of brickyard operations within certain neighborhoods ); Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U. S. 365 ( 1926 ) ( prohibition of industrial use ); Gorieb v. Fox, 274 U. S. 603, 608 ( 1927 ) ( requirement that portions of parcels be left unbuilt ); Welch v. Swasey, 214 U. S. 91 ( 1909 ) ( height restriction ), which have been viewed as permissible governmental action even when prohibiting the most beneficial use of the property.

According to the city's most recent Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the city's various funds had $ 180. 5 million in Revenues, $ 162. 7 million in expenditures, $ 546. 5 million in total assets, $ 214. 6 million in total liabilities, and $ 108. 1 million in cash and investments.

Each hanja is composed of one of 214 radicals plus in most cases one or more additional elements.

Dalhousie University, in Halifax benefited the most, having received a $ 30 million bequest from Dorothy Killam's estate in 1965 ($ 214 million in 2011 when adjusted for inflation ), representing 32 % of her fortune.

Most of the population () speaks French ( 13, 576 or 73. 8 %), with Italian being second most common ( 1, 214 or 6. 6 %) and Portuguese being third ( 810 or 4. 4 %).

As a senior team captain in 1997, Taylor was the team's leading rusher with 1, 292 yards on 214 carries and scoring 13 touchdowns, earning first-team All-Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) recognition and Walter Camp first-team All-American honors, and was chosen by his teammates as the Gators ' most valuable player.

During his first full year as starter, he set Michigan records for most pass attempts and completions in a season ( 214 ).

Coming off a. 353 season, he missed most of 1930 due to appendicitis but returned with a vengeance in 1931, leading the NL with 214 hits and 681 at-bats while hitting. 314.

Casey is Victoria's most populous municipality, with a 2006 census population of 214, 960.

Kemp is only the second head coach at ETSU to reach the 100-win milestone and currently holds the record for most wins in the school's history at 214 and rising.

Hall Green has been a home to comedian Tony Hancock, who lived at 41 Southam Road until the age of three ( the house contains a plaque commemorating this ), racing commentator Murray Walker, who was born at 214 Reddings Lane ( which is now a dentist ), Nigel Mansell, who though born in Upton-upon-Severn spent most of his childhood and early adult years in the area and most famously J. R. R. Tolkien, who lived near Sarehole Mill, Birmingham's only working water mill.

The most commonly used numbering plans for global title routing are E. 164 and E. 214 ( although E. 212 is also common in America ).

He did hold the Central League ( Japan ) record for most base hits in a single season ( 204 ) set in 2007, but Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton would surpass this with 214 hits in 2010.

Similarly, "( 214 ) 748-3647 " is the sequence of digits represented as a United States phone number and is the most common phone number listed on web pages.

Most of the population () speaks French ( 214 or 90. 3 %), with German being second most common ( 9 or 3. 8 %) and English being third ( 8 or 3. 4 %).

He was particularly praised as a capable vanguard, but his most famed accomplishment came with his supporting role in the defense of Hefei against the advances of Sun Quan's forces in 214.

The first edition of AP242 is expected to be technically complete in 2011 and is dedicated to replace the most successful STEP APs 203, 214 and other APs in the mechanical design area in an upward compatible way.

ISBN 0-674-64465-4 p. 214 </ ref > and they comprise for instance a form of the name for the Carpathians which most scholars agree is " a relic of extremely ancient tradition ".< ref > Pritsak, Omeljan.

The Gardens reportedly maintain the most diverse collection of bromeliads in the world, and feature over 20, 000 plants from some 6000 species in 1200 genera from 214 plant families, including 6, 000 live orchids.

( 2002 – 03 ) Best collegiate season scoring performance, 13. 6 ppg, along with averaging 5. 7 rpg and 5. 9 apg … All-Conference USA First Team … Team Captain ( 2001 – 02 ) All-Conference USA Third Team … Named UC ’ s Most Outstanding Player and earned the team ’ s Ball of Courage and Insane Chain awards … Had 205 assists, breaking her own school record of 170 set as a sophomore … Played 1, 214 minutes, breaking her own school record of 1, 207 … Earned a spot on the Bearcat Invitational All-Tournament team after averaging 11. 5 ppg and 6. 0 apg in the two games … ( 2000 – 01 ) Named UC ’ s most outstanding player, averaging 8. 3 ppg, 3. 6 rpg, team-best of 5. 3 apg and 1. 5 spg … Named to the Conference USA all-tournament team after averaging 11. 8 ppg and 6. 8 apg during the four contests … ( 1999-00 ) Finished fifth on the team in scoring, averaging 5. 6 points a game