200 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st 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: 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC - 200 BC - 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC 196 BC 195 BC

Events

• Rome declares war upon Philip V, king of Macedon. Second Macedonian War begins.
• Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul at Cremona
• Hannibal becomes Chief Magistrate of Carthage.
• The Bacchanalia are introduced in the Roman Empire. (approximate date)
• City of Tiwanaku founded near Lake Titicaca, in what is now modern Bolivia.
• Construction of Wei-Yang Palace in the Han Dynasty capital (Chang'an)
• Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I of Bactria (approximate date).
• The Hsiung-nu appear on the western borders of China.

Births

• Diophantus, Greek mathematician (approximate date of birth)

Deaths

• Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (approximate date).