216 BC
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| Centuries: | 4th century BC · 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC |
| Decades: | 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC |
| Years: | 219 BC 218 BC 217 BC 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 216 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 538 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2059 – -2058 |
| Buddhist calendar | 329 |
| Chinese calendar | 2421/2481 (甲年) — to —
2422/2482([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -223 – -222 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3545 – 3546 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -160 – -159 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2886 – 2887 |
| Holocene calendar | 9785 |
| Iranian calendar | 837 BP – 836 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 863 BH – 862 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 445 (皇紀445年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9785 |
| Julian calendar | -170 |
| Korean calendar | 2118 |
| Thai solar calendar | 328 |
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[edit] Rome
- Second Punic War:
- August 2 - Hannibal crushes the Romans in the Battle of Cannae, one of the greatest tactical masterpieces in military history. As a result, a number of Italian cities allied to Rome desert to the Carthaginian side, especially cities in the Magna Graecia, and Capua. Again, the later Scipio Africanus fought in the battle as a tribune, and later prevented a mutiny among the survivors of Cannae.
- The historian Quintus Fabius Pictor is sent to Delphi to consult the oracle there for advice about what to do after Cannae.
- The Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus holds off an attack by Hannibal in the Battle of Nola.
