208 BC Chr.
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The Romans under Scipio the Elder win the Battle of Baecula over the Carthaginians under Hasdrubal Barkas . | |
Buddhist calendar | 336/337 (southern Buddhism); 335/336 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 41st (42nd) cycle , year of the water snake癸巳 ( at the beginning of the year water dragon 壬辰) |
Greek calendar | 4th year of the 142nd / 1st year of the 143rd Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3553/54 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXLVI (546) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 103/104 (New Year April); Syria: 104/105 (New Year October) |
Events
Second Punic War
- The former consul Titus Manlius Torquatus is made dictator of the Roman Republic .
- Scipio the Elder remains victorious over Hasdrubal Barkas in the battle of Baecula . He decides to strengthen Hannibal's army in Italy with the remnants of his troops and chooses the overland route via the Pyrenees and the Alps .
- Mago , Hannibal's youngest brother, was given supreme command of the Carthaginian units on the Iberian Peninsula .
Asia
- Li Si , Chancellor of the First Emperor of China , falls victim to an intrigue and suffers the " Five Punishments " of the Qin Dynasty .
- The Parthian Empire is from the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III. conquered.
Died
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus , Roman general (* around 268 BC )
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