217 BC
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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC
Years: 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC - 217 BC - 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC
Events
- Second Punic War:
- *April, Hannibal destroys the Roman army under consul Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, in which the later Scipio Africanus reputed to have fought and escaped.
- *May to October, The Romans appoint Fabius Maximus, the Cunctator, as dictator.
- *Battle of Geronium, Quintus Fabius Maximus, saved the Roman army under M. Minucius Rufus, while he suddenly appeared on Hannibal's flank, when Minucius was on the verge of defeat, Hannibal prudently withdrew from battle.
- *Publius Cornelius Scipio joined his brother in Spain with reinforcement, and strengthen Roman hold on the Ebro
- Macedon sides with Carthage against Rome, starting the First Macedonian War.
- Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III the Great, king of the Seleucid Empire in the Battle of Raphia.
- Gaius Flaminius, Roman consul (died in battle)
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