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204 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC

Years: 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC - 204 BC - 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC

Events

• Second Punic War:
  • Cato the Elder goes to Sicily to serve as the quaestor of Scipio Africanus Major, and publicly objects to Scipio's lavish spending.
  • Scipio Africanus Major lands in Africa to fight the Carthaginians on their own soil, and apparently Hanno Barca was killed in an cavalry ambush set by Scipio near Utica
  • Hannibal fights a drawn battle against the Roman general Sempronius in the Battle of Crotona.
  • Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax led an large army against Scipio, but instead an armistice was arranged between the opponents
• In Rome, the Lex Cincia forbids courtroom advocates from accepting fees for services rendered.

Births

Deaths

• Livius Andronicus, pioneer Latin poet
• Pharaoh Arsinoe III of Egypt of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (murdered)
• Hanno Barca, Carthaginian general, killed in combat

Category: 200s BC

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