203 BC Chr.
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| Second Punic War | |
 Publius Cornelius Scipio wins the Battle of the Great Fields near Utica over Hasdrubal and Syphax . |
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| 203 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 341/342 (southern Buddhism); 340/341 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 41st (42nd) cycle , year of the earth-dog戊戌 ( at the beginning of the year fire-rooster丁酉) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 144th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3558/59 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DLI (551) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 108/109 (New Year April); Syria: 109/110 (turn of the year October) |
Events
- Massinissa , king of eastern Numidia , actively allies with Rome .
- Hannibal and Mago Barkas leave Italy because Rome attacks Carthage directly ( Second Punic War ).
- Scipio the Elder attacks the armies of Carthaginian Hasdrubal and King Syphax encamped at the Bagrades . He later defeated them in the Battle of the Great Fields .
Died
- Agathocles , Egyptian politician
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus , general of the Roman Republic, five times consul and twice dictator (* around 275 BC )
- Mago Barkas , Hannibal's youngest brother, Carthaginian general
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