What is 222 BC?
{{year nav|-222}} ==Events== ===By place=== ====Greece==== * [[Cleomenes III]] is defeated and the [[Sparta]]n army annihilated by the [[Achaean League]] and the [[Macedon|Macedonians]] in the [[Battle of Sellasia]]. * [[Ptolemy IV of Egypt|Ptolemy IV]] succeeds his father Ptolemy III as king of [[Egypt]]. ====Rome==== * [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]] leads the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] to victory in the [[Battle of Clastidium]], conquering the area later known as Cisalpine [[Gaul]]. *[[The Romans]] capture [[Milan]]. ====Asia==== * [[State of Qin]] conquers the [[state of Yan]] and defeats the last defensive forces of the [[state of Zhao]] in [[China]] . {{births}} == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Ptolemy III of Egypt|Ptolemy III]] Euergeter I, king of [[Egypt]] * [[Ctesibius]], mathematician [[Category:222 BC]]