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

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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.
• The first good measurement on the distance between Earth and the Sun was made by Eratosthenes. By studying lunar eclipses, his result was roughly 150 000 000 km. The currently accepted value is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres.
• Although disputed, many sources hold that the crossbow was invented in China at this time, and later carried into europe via the middle east.

Births

• Diophantus, Greek mathematician (approximate date of birth)

Deaths

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

Trivia

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This year was used as the fourth time world (Amazon Jungle) in The Lost Vikings II

200 BC

200 aC | 200 př. n. l. | 200 f.Kr. | 200 v. Chr. | 200 adC | -200 | K. a. 200 | -200 | 기원전 200년 | 200 p.n.e. | 200 aK | 200 SM | 200 a.C. | -200 | I. e. 200 | 200 SM | 200 v. Chr. | 200 AC | 200 f.Kr. | -200 | 200 p.n.e. | 200 a.C. | 200 до н. э. | 200 pr. n. št. | 200. пне. | 200 eaa | 200 f.Kr. | MA 200 | พ.ศ. 344 | 200 до Р.Х. | 前200年