221 BC - Definition and Overview

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

Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC

Years: 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC 223 BC 222 BC - 221 BC - 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC

Events

• State of Qin conquered the state of Qi. The king of Qin unifed China and proclaimed himself First Emperor, as he was the first Chinese sovereign able to rule the whole country. He is known by historians as Qin Shi Huang.
• Hannibal succeeds his brother-in-law as commander of Carthaginian Spain.
• Philip V becomes king of Macedonia.
• Gaius Flaminius builds a second racetrack for Rome, the Circus Flaminius.

Births Deaths

• Hasdrubal, Carthaginian general (assassination)