205 BC
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
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Years: 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC - 205 BC - 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC
Events
- Second Punic War:
- * Carthaginians under Mago Barca land in Liguria, capturing Genoa and Savona.
- * Scipio Africanus Major is elected consul, and departs to Sicily to prepare the invasion of Africa
- * Quintus Pleminius captures Locri in Italy, across the Strait of Messina, Hannibal's attempt to recapture the town was foiled by the appeared of Scipio's army.
- * Hannibal erects a bilingual Punic/Greek inscription describing his accomplisments, in the temple of Juno Lacinia near Croton.
- * Scipio sent Gaius Laelius to Africa to prepare the way for his later invasion
- Philip V of Macedon negotiates the Peace of Phoenice, ending the First Macedonian War.
- Zhang Han, general of the Qin Dynasty
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