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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 201 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 201 BC CCI 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) 2497 or 2290 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 2498 or 2291 |
| 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 | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) −74 or −455 or −1227 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) −73 or −454 or −1226 |
Year 201 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Paetus (or, less frequently, year 553 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 201 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Carthage
- On Hannibal's advice, Carthage sues for peace with the Romans, ending the Second Punic War. Carthage is reduced to a client state of Rome. In the peace treaty between Carthage and Rome, Carthage surrenders all her Mediterranean possessions to Rome, including her Iberian territories. The Carthaginians agree to pay Rome 200 talents per year for 50 years, allow Masinissa to rule Numidia as an independent kingdom, make no war without Rome's permission, and destroy all but 10 of the Carthaginian warships.
- Following the conclusion of the peace with Rome, Hannibal is elected as suffet, or chief magistrate, of Carthage. The office has over the years become insignificant in Carthaginian politics, but Hannibal restores its power and authority. He sets out to reform the administration and finances of Carthage and reduce the power of the oligarchy which has ruled Carthage before and during the Second Punic War.
Roman Republic
- The Romans oust the Carthaginians from Malta.
- In Rome, according to the Roman historian Livy, land is distributed to veterans of the Second Punic War. This is the first documented instance of a practice that later becomes commonplace.
Greece
- Philip V of Macedon captures Samos and the Egyptian fleet stationed there. He then besieges 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. However, the Spartans are forced to retreat when the Achaean League army of Philopoemen intervenes. Nabis' forces are decisively defeated at Tegea by Philopoemen and Nabis is forced to check his expansionist ambitions for the time being.
China
- The construction of city walls around Nanchang begins.
- King Xin of Han, in alliance with Modu Chanyu of the Xiongnu, launches a rebellion against the Han dynasty in the Taiyuan Commandery. He is defeated by Emperor Gaozu of Han and his generals, who chase Xin of Han into Xiongnu territory.
Deaths
- Gnaeus Naevius, Latin epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period, who invented a new genre of written historical plays called fabulae praetextae, which are based on Roman historical or legendary figures and events (b. c. 264 BC).
- Zhongli Mo, Chinese general during the Chu–Han Contention.
References
- Walbank, Frank William (1940). Philip V of Macedon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 340. OCLC 491231292.
- Yao, Yifeng (2016). Nanjing: Historical Landscape and Its Planning from Geographical Perspective. Singapore: Springer. p. 47. ISBN 978-9-81101-637-0.
- Thorburn, John E. (2005). The Facts On File Companion to Classical Drama. New York: Facts On File. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-81607-498-3.