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: 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC 216 BC - 215 BC - 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC

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Events

• April 23 - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasum .
• Second Punic War: Marcus Claudius Marcellus again repulses an attack by Hannibal in the Second Battle of Nola .
• The Roman tribune Gaius Oppius initiates the Lex Oppia , which limits women's rights to own gold, wear elaborate clothing, and ride in fancy carriages. (The law was repealed about 195 BC.)
• Construction begins on the Great Wall of China.
• The First Macedonian War begins, will last until 205.

Births

Deaths

• Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse