213 BC

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Year of the Earth Rat戊子( at the beginning of the year fire - pig丁亥)

Syria: 99/100 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Second Punic War

• Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Quintus Fabius Maximus and consuls of the Roman Republic.
• Taranto is conquered by the Carthaginian Hannibal.
• Masinissa, the king of the eastern Numidia, Carthage comes with an alliance.

Imperial China

• Qin Dynasty: The first historically traditional book-burning. 460 scholars who protest against this destruction of knowledge, Emperor Qin Shi Huang can execute.

Died

• Achaeus, Greek king in Asia Minor
• Aratus of Sicyon, leader of the Achaean League (* 271 BC)
• Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus, Roman consul
• Gaius Papirius Maso, Roman politician

• Year ( 3rd century BC)
• 213 BC