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Decades:	230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC
Years:	203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC

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[edit] Rome

• Rome declares war upon Philip V, king of Macedon. Second Macedonian War begins.
• Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul at Cremona
• The Bacchanalia are introduced in the Roman Empire. (approximate date)

[edit] Greece

• Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I of Bactria (approximate date).

[edit] Carthage

• Hannibal becomes Chief Magistrate of Carthage.

[edit] Asia

• Construction of Wei-Yang Palace in the Han Dynasty capital (Chang'an)
• The Hsiung-nu appear on the western borders of China.

[edit] Americas

• City of Tiwanaku founded near Lake Titicaca, in what is now modern Bolivia.

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[edit] Astronomy

• The first good measurement on the distance between Earth and the Sun was made by Eratosthenes. By studying lunar eclipses, his result was roughly 150 000 000 km. The currently accepted value is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres.

[edit] Technology

• Although disputed, many sources hold that the crossbow was invented in China at this time, and later carried into europe via the middle east.

[edit] Births

• Diophantus, Greek mathematician (approximate date of birth)

[edit] Deaths

• Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (approximate date).

[edit] Fictional references

• This year was used as the fourth time world (Amazon Jungle) in the video game The Lost Vikings II.ca:200 aC

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