216 BC

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216 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 216 BC
CCXVI BC
Ab urbe condita 538
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 108
- Pharaoh Ptolemy IV Philopator, 6
Ancient Greek era 141st Olympiad (victor
Assyrian calendar 4535
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −808
Berber calendar 735
Buddhist calendar 329
Burmese calendar −853
Byzantine calendar 5293–5294
Chinese calendar 甲申年 (Wood  Monkey)
2482 or 2275
     to 
乙酉年 (Wood  Rooster)
2483 or 2276
Coptic calendar −499 – −498
Discordian calendar 951
Ethiopian calendar −223 – −222
Hebrew calendar 3545–3546
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −159 – −158
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2885–2886
Holocene calendar 9785
Iranian calendar 837 BP – 836 BP
Islamic calendar 863 BH – 862 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2118
Minguo calendar 2127 before ROC
民前2127年
Nanakshahi calendar −1683
Seleucid era 96/97 AG
Thai solar calendar 327–328
Tibetan calendar 阳木猴年
(male Wood-Monkey)
−89 or −470 or −1242
     to 
阴木鸡年
(female Wood-Rooster)
−88 or −469 or −1241
Battle of Cannae: Roman attack (red). Battle of Cannae, 215 BC - Initial Roman attack.png
Battle of Cannae: Roman attack (red).
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Destruction of the Roman army (red).

Year 216 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Varro and Paullus (or, less frequently, year 538 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 216 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.

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  • Philip V of Macedon, still resenting Rome's interference in Illyrian politics, seizes his opportunity to invade Illyria. Ambassadors from Philip V visit Hannibal at his headquarters in Italy. These actions mark the beginning of the First Macedonian War between Rome and Macedonia.

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  • A revolt of the Egyptian peasants is put down by Ptolemy IV.

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References

  1. Polybius, 3:107.2–3 The Histories
  2. LeGlay, Marcel; Voisin, Jean-Louis; Le Bohec, Yann (2001). A History of Rome (Second ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 77. ISBN   0-631-21858-0.
  3. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 22.44–51
  4. 1 2 Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 23.21
  5. 1 2 3 Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 22.57
  6. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 22.61
  7. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 23.24
  8. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 23.27
  9. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 23.29
  10. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 22.56
  11. 1 2 Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 22.49
  12. Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 23.30