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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 208 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 546 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2051 – -2050 |
| Buddhist calendar | 337 |
| Chinese calendar | 2429/2489 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2430/2490([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -215 – -214 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3553 – 3554 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -152 – -151 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2894 – 2895 |
| Holocene calendar | 9793 |
| Iranian calendar | 829 BP – 828 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 854 BH – 853 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 453 (皇紀453年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9793 |
| Julian calendar | -162 |
| Korean calendar | 2126 |
| Thai solar calendar | 336 |
[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)
