208 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

208 BC Chr.
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

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Course of the Second Punic War 218–202 BC Chr.

• 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

• August: Li Si , Chinese philosopher and politician (* around 280 BC )

• Marcus Claudius Marcellus , Roman general (* around 268 BC )

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