208 BC
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| 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 |
| Years: | 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Second Punic War:
- Scipio Africanus Major defeats Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal Barca in Spain at the Battle of Baecula. As a result, Hasdrubal crosses the Pyrenees with his remaining troops into Transalpine Gaul, intending to join Hannibal in Italy.
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus was killed in an ambush.
[edit] Asia
- Chinese general Zhang Han of the Qin Dynasty pacifies a peasant rebellion led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, then lays siege to the rebel city of Julu.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general (b. 268 BC, died in ambush)
- Li Si, Chinese philosopher and politician (b. 280 BC, assassinated)ca:208 aC
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