220 BC

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220 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 220 BC
CCXX BC
Ab urbe condita 534
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 104
- Pharaoh Ptolemy IV Philopator, 2
Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 140th Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar 4531
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −813 – −812
Berber calendar 731
Buddhist calendar 325
Burmese calendar −857
Byzantine calendar 5289–5290
Chinese calendar 庚辰年 (Metal  Dragon)
2478 or 2271
     to 
辛巳年 (Metal  Snake)
2479 or 2272
Coptic calendar −503 – −502
Discordian calendar 947
Ethiopian calendar −227 – −226
Hebrew calendar 3541–3542
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −163 – −162
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2881–2882
Holocene calendar 9781
Iranian calendar 841 BP – 840 BP
Islamic calendar 867 BH – 866 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2114
Minguo calendar 2131 before ROC
民前2131年
Nanakshahi calendar −1687
Seleucid era 92/93 AG
Thai solar calendar 323–324
Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་
(male Iron-Dragon)
−93 or −474 or −1246
     to 
ལྕགས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་
(female Iron-Snake)
−92 or −473 or −1245
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220 BC.

Year 220 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laevinus/Catulus and Scaevola/Philo (or, less frequently, year 534 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 220 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Events

By place

Greece

Seleucid Empire

  • Antiochus III the Great defeats Molon at the Tigris River, defeating and killing. Antiochus goes on to conquer Atropatene. [1]
  • Meanwhile, the birth of a son to Antiochus III and Laodice (daughter of Mithridates II, king of Pontus) leads Hermeias to consider getting rid of the king so that he can rule under the name of the infant son. Antiochus discovers the scheme and arranges the assassination of Hermeias.

Anatolia

  • Antiochus III's commander in Anatolia, Achaeus, having recovered all the districts which Attalus of Pergamum has gained, is accused by Hermeias, the chief minister of Antiochus, of intending to revolt. In self-defence, Achaeus assumes the title of king and rules over the Anatolian parts of the Seleucid kingdom.

Egypt

Roman Republic

Iberian Peninsula

  • Hannibal campaigns against the Vaccaei, he storms the Vaccaen strongholds of Helmantice and Arbucala.
  • On his return home, laden with many spoils, a coalition of Hispanic tribes, led by the Carpetani, attack his army at the river Tagus, here Hannibal wins his first independent victory.

China

By topic

Art

  • A bronze statue called Gallic Chieftain killing his wife and himself is made (approximate date). A Roman copy after the original statue is today preserved at Museo Nazionale Romano in Rome.
  • A bronze statue called Dying Gallic trumpeter is made (possibly by Epigonus) (230-220 BC). A marble Roman copy after the original statue is today preserved at Museo Capitolino in Rome.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Volkmann, Hans (February 13, 2024). "Antiochus III the Great". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  2. Dodson, Aidan (2004). The complete royal families of Ancient Egypt. Dyan Hilton. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN   0-500-05128-3. OCLC   59265536.
  3. Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 25. ISBN   0-8018-3574-7.
  4. Dumitru, Adrian George (November 30, 2015), "Some thoughts about Seleucid Thrace in the 3rd century BC" , The Danubian Lands between the Black, Aegean and Adriatic Seas, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, pp. 293–298, doi:10.2307/j.ctvr43k44.46, ISBN   978-1-78491-193-5 , retrieved May 27, 2021
  5. "Attalus II Philadelphus". Encyclopædia Britannica. February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.