217 BC (original) (raw)
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: 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC - 217 BC - 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC
Events
- Second Punic War:
- Hannibal destroys the Roman army under consul Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
- The Romans appoint Fabius Maximus as dictator.
- Macedon sides with Carthage against Rome, starting the First Macedonian War.
- Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III the Great, king of the Seleucid Empire in the Battle of Raphia.
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