Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd 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: 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC

Events and trends

• Han Dynasty founded in China.
• After severe losses, Roman determination kept them fighting in the Second Punic War against Hannibal. As a result, they wore down Carthaginian forces in Spain and Sicily, then launched a series of raids across the Mediterranean Sea that forced Hannibal to withdraw back to northern Africa, where he was at last decisively defeated in the Battle of Zama.

• The earliest period that some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written.

200s BC

200'erne f.Kr. | 200er v. Chr. | Años 200 adC | K. a. 200ko hamarkada | Années -200 | 200ih p.n.e. | Anni 200 a.C. | I. e. 200-as évek | Década de 200 a.C. | Anii 200 î.Hr. | 200-е до н. э. | 0. roky 3. storočia pred Kr. | 200. pr. n. št. | 200-vuosikymmen eaa | MA 200. yıllar | 200-ті до Р.Х. | 前200年代