WORLD HISTORY · 500–1 BC 日本語
Events of the 210s BC219–210 BC
What happened in the 210s BC?
In the 210s BC (219–210 BC), Rome and Carthage began the Second Punic War, and Hannibal defeated the Romans at the Battle of Cannae. In China, the First Emperor burned books, executed scholars, and built the Great Wall, and after his death Huhai took the throne as Second Emperor.
- First Emperor performs rites at Mount TaiAsia
- Second Punic War beginsEurope
- Hannibal wins big at the Battle of CannaeEurope
- Meng Tian repels Xiongnu, builds Great WallMiddle East
- Kogen enthroned as 8th emperor of JapanAsia
- First Emperor burns books and buries scholarsAsia
- Rome takes Syracuse; Archimedes diesEurope
- First Emperor dies; Second Emperor enthronedAsia
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Events of the 210s BC (timeline · 4)
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A Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushes and defeats a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius in the battle of lake Trasimene during the Second Punic War.
Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
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