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Events
By place
Syria
★
Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of
Coele Syria, defeating the
Egyptian general Scopas at Panion near the source of the
Jordan River, and thus gaining control of
Palestine.
Greece
★
Philip V of Macedon's fleet defeat the
Rhodians at
Lade. His forces then advance into
Pergamum, plundering Pergamese territory and attacking cities in
Caria.
★ The
Acarnanians, with Macedonian support, invade
Attica, causing
Athens, which has previously maintained its neutrality, to seek help from the enemies of Philip.
Attalus I of
Pergamum, who is with his fleet at
Aegina, receives an embassy from Athens asking him to come to the city for consultations. After he is told that
Roman ambassadors are also in Athens, Attalus goes there in haste.
★ The Roman ambassador to
Greece,
Syria, and
Egypt,
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus delivers an ultimatum to Philip V warning Macedonia not to make war on any Greek state. Philip decides to reject the Roman ultimatum and the Romans declare war on Macedon, thus starting the
Second Macedonian War.
★ The Roman consul,
Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus, asks
Attalus I and his fleet to meet up with the Roman fleet off the Greek
Aegean coast and they conduct a naval campaign against Philip V, harassing Macedonian possessions in and along the Aegean.
Roman Republic
★ Roman forces defeat the
Gauls of
Cisalpine Gaul in the
Battle of Cremona.
★ The
bacchanalia are wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god
Bacchus which are introduced into Rome from lower
Italy by way of
Etruria (approximate date).
Bactria
★
Euthydemus I of the
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son
Demetrius I of Bactria (approximate date).
South America
★ The city of
Tiwanaku is founded near
Lake Titicaca in modern
Bolivia (approximate date).
China
★ The construction of the Wei-Yang Palace in the
Han Dynasty capital (
Chang'an) begins.
★ The
Hsiung-nu appear on the western borders of
China.
By topic
Art
★ ''
Alexander the Great'', head from a
Hellenistic copy of a statue, possibly after a
4th century BC original by
Lysippos is made. It is now kept at the Archeological Museum in
Istanbul,
Turkey.
Astronomy
★ The first good measurement of the distance between
Earth and the
Sun is made by
Eratosthenes (approximate date). By studying
lunar eclipses, his result is roughly 150 000 000 km. The currently accepted value is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres.
Births
★
Jia Yi, Chinese statesman and poet
Deaths
★
Euthydemus I, King of the
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom from
223 BC (approximate date)
Fictional references
★ This year is used as the fourth time world (Amazon Jungle) in the video game ''
The Lost Vikings II''.
★ The
Tribunal in
Marianne Curley's ''
Guardians of Time Trilogy'' is set up near
Athens.