What is 200 BC?
[[File:East-Hem 200bc.jpg|thumb|left|The eastern hemisphere in 200 BC]] {{Year nav|-200}} {{BC year in topic|200}} __NOTOC__ Year '''200 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Seleucid Empire ==== * [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III's]] forces continue their [[invasion]] of [[Coele Syria]] and [[Palestine]]. ==== Greece ==== * [[Philip V of Macedon]]'s [[Naval fleet|fleet]] defeat the [[Rhodes|Rhodians]] at [[Miletus|Lade]]. His [[forces]] then advance into [[Pergamum]], [[Looting|plundering]] Pergamese territory and [[Offensive (military)|attacking]] [[cities]] in [[Caria]]. * The [[Acarnania]]ns, with [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonian]] [[Advocacy|support]], invade [[Attica]]. * The Roman ambassador to [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], [[Syria]], and [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 187 BC)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] [[Delivery (commerce)|delivers]] an [[ultimatum]] to Philip V warning Macedonia not to make war on any Greek state. Philip decides to reject the Roman [[ultimatum]] and the Romans [[Declaration of war|declare war]] on Macedon, thus starting the [[Second Macedonian War]]. * The Roman consul, [[Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus]], asks [[Attalus I Soter|Attalus I]] and his [[Naval fleet|fleet]] to meet up with the Roman fleet off the Greek [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] coast and they conduct a naval campaign against Philip V, [[Harassment|harassing]] Macedonian possessions in and along the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]. ==== Roman Republic ==== * Roman forces defeat the [[Gauls]] of [[Cisalpine Gaul]] in the [[Battle of Cremona (200 BC)|Battle of Cremona]]. * The [[bacchanalia]] are wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god [[Dionysus|Bacchus]] which are introduced into Rome from lower [[Italy]] by way of [[Etruria]] (approximate date). ==== Bactria ==== * [[Euthydemus I]] of the [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Demetrius I of Bactria]] (approximate date). ==== South America ==== *