205 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC

Years: 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC - 205 BC - 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC

Events

• Second Punic War:
  • Carthaginians under Mago land in Liguria, capturing Genoa and Savona.
  • Scipio Africanus Major is elected consul, and departs to fight in Spain.
  • Quintus Pleminius captures Locri in Sicily.
  • Hannibal erects a bilingual Punic/Greek inscription describing his accomplisments, in the temple of Juno Lacinia near Croton.
• Philip V of Macedon negotiates the Peace of Phoenice , ending the First Macedonian War.

Births

Deaths

• Zhang Han, general of the Qin Dynasty