Year by year · 3rd century BCE
222 BCE
222 BCE in world history: 5 events, 1 death and 1 state that came to an end. 362 recorded states existed that year.
Events
Battle
Battle of Sellasia
The Battle of Sellasia was fought in 222 BCE north of Sparta, where Antigonus III Doson of Macedon and the Achaean League defeated King Cleomenes III of Sparta.
Battle
Battle of Clastidium
The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BCE near Clastidium, modern Casteggio in Lombardy, between the Roman Republic and the Insubres with their Gaesatae allies.
In the profiles
SpartaCleomenes III is defeated at the Battle of Sellasia
Antigonid Kingdom of MacedoniaAntigonus III Doson defeats Cleomenes III of Sparta at Sellasia
Wars and longer events
Died in 222 BCE 1
States that came to an end 1
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