216 BC
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: 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC - 216 BC - 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC
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Events
- Second Punic War:
- August 2 - Hannibal crushes the Romans in the Battle of Cannae, one of the greatest tactical masterpiece in military history. As a result, a number of Italian cities allied to Rome desert to the Carthaginian side, especially cities in the Magna Graecia, and Capua. Again, the later Scipio Africanus fought in the battle as a tribune, and later prevented a mutiny among the survivors of Cannae.
- The historian Quintus Fabius Pictor is sent to Delphi to consult the oracle there for advice about what to do after Cannae.
- The Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus holds off an attack by Hannibal in the First Battle of Nola.
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Births
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Deaths
da:216 f.Kr. de:216 v. Chr. es:216 adC eo:-216 fr:-216 hr:216 p.n.e. it:216 AC lb:-216 nl:216 v. Chr. pl:216 p.n.e. pt:216 a.C. sl:216 pr. n. št. sr:216. пне. uk:216 до Р.Х. zh:前216年 sv:216 f.Kr.