213 BC - Definition and Overview

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

Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC

Years: 218 BC 217 BC 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC - 213 BC - 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC

Events

• Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China orders all Confucian writings destroyed.
• Second Punic War: Marcus Claudius Marcellus begins the siege of Syracuse

Births

Deaths

• Aratus of Sicyon