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Events
By place
Carthage
★ The
Carthaginians fail to recapture
Sardinia.
Spain
★ The Carthaginian general,
Hannibal, is denied any reinforcements from Spain for his forces now based in Italy by the activities of the
Roman general
Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, who, in a battle at Dertosa near the
Ebro River effectively stop the Carthaginian general,
Hasdrubal's attempt to break through to Italy.
Roman Republic
★ The
Roman law, ''
Lex Oppia'', is instituted by Gaius Oppius, a
tribune of the
plebs during the consulship of
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. The ''Lex Oppia'' is the first of a series of
sumptuary laws introduced in Rome. It not only restricts women's wealth, but also their displaying it.
★ The
Roman consul, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, is surprised and killed by Hannibal's forces. The Roman general,
Marcus Claudius Marcellus, again repulses an attack by Hannibal on the city of
Nola.
★ Hannibal's forces occupy the cities of
Tarentum,
Heraclea and
Thurii. However, Hannibal is unable to prevent the Romans from besieging
Capua.
Greece
★
Philip V of Macedon and Hannibal negotiate an alliance under which they pledge mutual support and defence. Specifically, they agree to support each other against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of
Corcyra,
Apollonia,
Epidamnus,
Pharos, Dimale, Parthini and Atintania and to restore to
Demetrius of Pharos all his lands currently controlled by Rome.
Anatolia
★ The
Seleucid king,
Antiochus III, crosses the
Taurus, uniting his forces with
Attalus of
Pergamum and, in one campaign, deprives his rebel general,
Achaeus, of all his dominions and takes
Sardis (with the exception of the citadel).
Births
★
Deaths
★
Hiero II,
tyrant of
Syracuse from
270 BC (b. c.
308 BC).
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