204 BC

Centuries:	4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC
Decades:	230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC
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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 a 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 a 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.