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Events

By place

Seleucid Empire

Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine.

Greece

Philip V of Macedon's fleet defeat the Rhodians at Lade. His forces then advance into Pergamum, plundering Pergamese territory and attacking cities in Caria.

The Acarnanians, with Macedonian support, invade Attica, causing Athens, which has previously maintained its neutrality, to seek help from the enemies of Philip. Attalus I of Pergamum, who is with his fleet at Aegina, receives an embassy from Athens asking him to come to the city for consultations. After he's told that Roman ambassadors are also in Athens, Attalus goes there in haste.

The Roman ambassador to Greece, Syria, and Egypt, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus delivers an ultimatum to Philip V warning Macedonia not to make war on any Greek state. Philip decides to reject the Roman ultimatum and the Romans declare war on Macedon, thus starting the Second Macedonian War.

The Roman consul, Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, asks Attalus I and his fleet to meet up with the Roman fleet off the Greek Aegean coast and they conduct a naval campaign against Philip V, harassing Macedonian possessions in and along the Aegean.

Roman Republic

Roman forces defeat the Gauls of Cisalpine Gaul in the Battle of Cremona.

The bacchanalia are wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god Bacchus which are introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of Etruria (approximate date).

Bactria

Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I of Bactria (approximate date).

South America

The city of Tiwanaku is founded as a village near Lake Titicaca in modern Bolivia (approximate date).

China

The construction of the Wei-Yang Palace in the Han Dynasty capital (Chang'an) begins.

The Hsiung-nu appear on the western borders of China.

The Great Wall of China is completed.

By topic

Art

Alexander the Great, head from a Hellenistic copy of a statue, possibly after a 4th century BC original by Lysippos is made. It is now kept at the Archeological Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

Astronomy

The first good measurement of the distance between Earth and the Sun is made by Eratosthenes (approximate date). By studying lunar eclipses, his result is roughly 150 000 000 km. The currently accepted value is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres.

Births

Jia Yi, Chinese statesman and poet

Deaths

Euthydemus I, King of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom from 223 BC (approximate date)

Fictional references

This year is used as the fourth time world (Amazon Jungle) in the video game The Lost Vikings II.

The Tribunal in Marianne Curley's Guardians of Time Trilogy is set up near Athens.Further Information

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