214 BC

Centuries:	4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC
Decades:	240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC
Years:	217 BC 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC

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Second Punic War:
- In the Third Battle of Nola, Marcus Claudius Marcellus fights an inconclusive battle with Hannibal.
- Tiberius Gracchus defeated Hanno Barca in the Battle of Beneventum
Publius Cornelius Scipio is elected aedile at age 22, together with his elder brother. He was opposed by the tribunes on account of his youth but supported by the people. But Scipio's style in politic would ultimately lead to his political downfall in the future.
The censors Marcus Atilius Regulus and Publius Furius Philus prosecute and punish a number of citizens who had planned to abandon Rome after the Battle of Cannae.