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200 BCE

200 BCE in world history: 4 events and 1 birth. 363 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 15 March

    Sulpicius Galba and Aurelius Cotta become consuls in Rome

    Publius Sulpicius Galba and Gaius Aurelius Cotta took office as consuls in Rome. Sulpicius, charged with Macedonia, persuaded the Comitia centuriata at a second session to vote for war on Philip V, beginning the Second Macedonian War.

    Second Macedonian WarRoman RepublicPhilip V of Macedon

  2. Battle

    Battle of Panium

    The Battle of Panium was fought around 200 BCE near the sources of the Jordan River during the Fifth Syrian War, between the Seleucid Empire under Antiochus III and the Ptolemaic army under Scopas.

  3. Battle

    Battle of Baideng

    The Battle of Baideng took place in 200 BCE near present-day Datong in northern China.

ProfileState248 states with a known seat in 200 BCEOpen the atlas at 200 BCE →

In the profiles

  • Xiongnu EmpireModu surrounds Han Emperor Gaozu for seven days at the Battle of Baideng

Born in 200 BCE 1

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