209 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: | 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Second Punic War:
- In a surprise assault, the Romans under Scipio Africanus Major captured Carthago Nova, the most important city in Carthaginian Spain.
- Fabius Maximus captures Tarentum through treachery.
- Hannibal defeats Marcus Claudius Marcellus once again in the indecisive Battle of Asculum.
[edit] Parthia
- Antiochus III the Great defeats the Parthians in the Battle of the Arius.