201 BC
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| 1st millennium BC |
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| 201 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 201 BC CC BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 553 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 123 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 3 |
| Ancient Greek era | 144th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4550 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −793 |
| Berber calendar | 750 |
| Buddhist calendar | 344 |
| Burmese calendar | −838 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5308–5309 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2496 or 2436 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2497 or 2437 |
| Coptic calendar | −484 – −483 |
| Discordian calendar | 966 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −208 – −207 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3560–3561 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −144 – −143 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2900–2901 |
| Holocene calendar | 9800 |
| Iranian calendar | 822 BP – 821 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 847 BH – 846 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2133 |
| Minguo calendar | 2112 before ROC 民前2112年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1668 |
| Seleucid era | 111/112 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 342–343 |
| Tibetan calendar | ས་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Boar) −74 or −455 or −1227 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Rat) −73 or −454 or −1226 |
201 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events
By place
Carthage
- On Hannibal's advice, Carthage asks for peace with the Romans. This ends the Second Punic War. Carthage is made a client state of Rome.
- After peace with Rome, Hannibal is elected as suffet, or chief magistrate, of Carthage. The office was insignificant in Carthaginian politics, but Hannibal makes it powerful.
Roman Republic
- The Romans remove the Carthaginians from Malta.
- In Rome, land is given to veterans of the Second Punic War.
Greece
- Philip V of Macedon captures Samos and the Egyptian fleet stationed there. He then makes war on Chios to the north.
- Rhodes and its allies Pergamum, Cyzicus, and Byzantium combine their fleets and defeat Philip V in the Battle of Chios. His flagship is trapped and rammed by two enemy ships.
- The Spartan king, Nabis, once more invades and captures Messene. The Spartans leave when the Achaean League army of Philopoemen helps. Nabis' forces are defeated at Tegea by Philopoemen.
China
- The construction of Nanchang begins.
Deaths
- Gnaeus Naevius, Latin epic poet and dramatist (b. c. 264 BC)
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