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3rd century BC: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (8276 words) |
 | B.C. Egypt's queen Arsinoe II dies July 9 after a career in which she has encouraged the armies of her brother (and third husband) Ptolemy II Philadelphus to secure Phoenicia and much of coastal Anatolia. |
 | B.C. Macedonia's Demetrius II moves north to repel a Dardanian invasion, suffers defeat, and dies at age 47 (approximate) after a 10-year reign; his son Philip succeeds to the throne but Demetrius has named his half brother Antigonus as guardian of the new king. |
 | B.C. Publius Cornelius Scipio commands a Roman army of 34,000 infantry and 9,000 Numidian cavalry, which defeats a combined army of 45,000 Carthaginian and Numidian infantry, 3,000 cavalry, and 80 war elephants under the command of Hannibal. |
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210s BC - Wikinfo (553 words) |
 | Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC |
 | Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC |
 | Years: 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC |