220 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

220 BC Chr.
Ptolemy IV , Pharaoh of Egypt, ...	... marries his sister Arsinoë III.
220 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	324/325 (southern Buddhism); 323/324 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	41st (42nd) cycle , year of the metal snake辛巳 ( at the beginning of the year metal dragon 庚辰)
Greek calendar	4th year of the 139th / 1st Year of the 140th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3541/42
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DXXXIV (534)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 91/92 (turn of April); Syria: 92/93 (turn of the year October)

Events

Politics and world events

Western Mediterranean

• Hannibal's campaign on the Iberian Peninsula : He advances to Helmántica ( Salamanca ) and Arbucala ( Zamora ) and triumphs over Vakkäer and Carpetaner .
• Despite the Roman ban on naval operations south of Lissus, Demetrios von Pharos , clientele of Rome on the Illyrian coast, equips a fleet of 40 ships and uses them to make the waters around the Peloponnese unsafe; from Nafpaktus he even undertakes a campaign in which he devastates northern Arcadia .
• Syphax becomes king in western Numidia .
• Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus becomes princeps senatus in Rome.

Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor

• Autumn: Ptolemy IV , King of Egypt , marries his sister Arsinoë III.
• The Aitolian League begins with raids against Messenia , the Achaean League , Akarnania and Epiros . The Aitolians defeat the Achaeans at Kaphyai near Orchomenos in Arcadia and conquer Kynaitha, a base of the Achaeans. Philip V , King of Macedonia joins the Achaean League and declares war on the Aitolians (war of allies ).
• Hermeias, highest minister under Antiochus III. , the king of the Seleucid Empire , is executed for an alleged conspiracy. Antiochus also succeeds in defeating the troops of the rebelling satrap of Medien , Molon; Molon commits suicide.
• Achaios , opponent of Antiochus III. in Asia Minor, takes the title of king.

Tetradrachm with the likeness of the young Prusias I, British Museum

• Prusias I of Bithynia leads a successful campaign against Byzantion and then defeats the Galatians in his own country. At the same time, Byzantion clashes with its trade rival Rhodes . Achaios the Younger allies with Byzantium. The conflict is finally resolved by the fact that Byzantium renounces the collection of tariffs on ships using the Bosporus.
• Gortyn replaces Knossos as the main town on Crete .

• around 220 BC Chr .: Mithridates III. succeeds Mithridates II as King of Pontus .
• around 220 BC Chr .: Ariarathes IV. Followed Ariarathes III. as King of Cappadocia .

Asia

• around 220 BC Chr .: Yada'ib Dhubyan Yuhan'im becomes ruler of Qataban in southern Arabia .

Economy and culture

Roman Empire

• Construction of the Via Flaminia (named after Gaius Flaminius) between Rome and Ariminum

The barberine faun (original)

• around 220 BC BC: Creation of the sculpture of the Barberine Faun

Empire of China

Panorama of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu

• from 220 BC Chr .: The Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi expands the road system in China, merges the previous fortifications against the nomadic tribes to form a great wall and unifies the writing system.

Born

• Attalus II , King of Pergamon († 138 BC )
• around 220 BC Chr .: Marcus Pacuvius , Roman tragedy poet († around 130 BC )

Died

• Molon , usurper and king of Babylonia
• Hermeias of Caria , highest court minister of the Seleucid Empire
• Tiboites of Bithynia , son of King Nicomedes I.
• around 220 BC Chr .: Xunzi , Chinese philosopher (* around 298 BC )

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