215 BC
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| 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: | 218 BC 217 BC 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 215 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 539 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2058 – -2057 |
| Buddhist calendar | 330 |
| Chinese calendar | 2422/2482 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2423/2483([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -222 – -221 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3546 – 3547 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -159 – -158 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2887 – 2888 |
| Holocene calendar | 9786 |
| Iranian calendar | 836 BP – 835 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 862 BH – 861 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 446 (皇紀446年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9786 |
| Julian calendar | -169 |
| Korean calendar | 2119 |
| Thai solar calendar | 329 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- April 23 - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
- Second Punic War: Marcus Claudius Marcellus again repulses an attack by Hannibal in the Second Battle of Nola.
- The Roman tribune Gaius Oppius initiates the Lex Oppia, which limits women's rights to own gold, wear elaborate clothing, and ride in fancy carriages. (The law was repealed about 195 BC.)
[edit] Greece
- The First Macedonian War begins, will last until 205, but the major fightings are between Macedon and Roman allies in Greece, and are generally inconclusive.
[edit] Asia
- Construction begins on the Great Wall of China.
