206 BC

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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	209 BC 208 BC 207 BC – 206 BC – 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC

206 BC by topic
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206 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	206 BC
Ab urbe condita	548
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4545
Bahá'í calendar	−2049 – −2048
Bengali calendar	−798
Berber calendar	745
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	339
Burmese calendar	−843
Byzantine calendar	5303–5304
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2491 or 2431 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2492 or 2432
Coptic calendar	−489 – −488
Discordian calendar	961
Ethiopian calendar	−213 – −212
Hebrew calendar	3555–3556
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−149 – −148
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2896–2897
Holocene calendar	9795
Igbo calendar	−1205 – −1204
Iranian calendar	827 BP – 826 BP
Islamic calendar	852 BH – 851 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2128
Minguo calendar	2117 before ROC 民前2117年
Thai solar calendar	338
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Year 206 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philo and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 548 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 206 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

In the Battle of Ilipa (Alcalá del Río, near Seville) in Spain, the Carthaginian generals, Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco, are defeated by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio. Mago retreats to Gades (modern Cádiz) and then sails for the Balearic Islands.
The Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio secures Gades, thus making Roman control of Spain complete. With the effective withdrawal of the Carthaginians from Spain, Hispania becomes a Roman province.
The city of Italica (north west of modern Seville, Spain) is founded by Scipio as a place to settle for the Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa.
After having successfully driven the Carthaginians out of Spain, Scipio returns in triumph to Rome and is elected consul. He then prepares to carry the war into Carthage's territory in North Africa.

Carthage

Hasdrubal Gisco retreats to the coast and then crosses to North Africa, where he gives his daughter in marriage to Syphax, king of the Numidian Masaesyli tribe, to formalize their military alliance.
After being an ally of Carthage and fighting with them, Numidian chieftain, Masinissa switches sides when the Carthaginians are driven from Spain and offers to assist Rome. Syphax expels his rival Masinissa and claims himself to be King of Numidia. The Romans support Masinissa's claim to the Numidian throne against Syphax, the pro-Carthaginian ruler of the Masaesyli tribe.

Persia

Arsaces II, king of the Parthians, loses territory in battles with Euthydemus I, ruler of Bactria.
Antiochus III marches across the Hindu Kush into the Kabul valley and renews a friendship with the Indian king Sophagasenus.

Greece

The war between Macedonia and Rome drags on with no decided advantage to either side. Rome's interest lies not in conquest, but in keeping Macedon, the Greek city-states and Greek political leagues continually divided and non-threatening.
Philip V of Macedon is able to take advantage of Roman inactivity. After sacking Thermum, the religious and political centre of Aetolia, Philip is able to force the Aetolians to accept a peace treaty based on his terms.

China

Ziying, ruler of the Qin Dynasty, surrenders to Liu Bang, leader of a popular revolt. This marks the end of the Qin Dynasty and the principality that would later become the Han Dynasty established by Liu. However, in order to secure his position throughout China, Liu Bang becomes engaged in a civil war with the warlord, General Xiang Yu, until 202 BC, known as the Chu-Han contention.

Births

Deaths

January – Ziying, the last ruler of the Qin Dynasty of China

References

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