What is 220 BC?
[[File:Europe map 220BC.PNG|thumb|left|Europe in 220 BC.]]{{Year nav|-220}} {{BC year in topic|220}} __NOTOC__ Year '''220 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Greece ==== * Together with fellow [[Illyria]]n, [[Scerdilaidas]], [[Demetrius of Pharos]] attacks Illyrian cities under [[Roman Republic|Roman]] protection and leads a [[Piracy|piratical]] [[Squadron (naval)|squadron]] into [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] waters. They unsuccessfully attack [[Pylos]], an [[Achaea]]n town on the [[Messenia]]n coast, in the [[Peloponnesus]] of Greece . * Scerdilaidas and the Aetolians invade Achaea. With the help of [[Cynaethe|Cynaethan]] traitors, they attack, take and burn Cynaetha, a town in the north of [[Arcadia]]. * Rome strikes again against the Illyrian pirates starting the [[Second Illyrian War]]. * Demetrius seeks refuge with [[Philip V of Macedon]], who is very resentful of the Roman interference. Rome occupies Demetrius' chief fortresses, [[Hvar|Pharos]] and Dimillos. * [[Aratus of Sicyon]] goes against [[Aetolia]]n aggression by getting help from the Hellenic League now under the leadership of [[Philip V of Macedon]]. In the [[Social War (220–217 BC)|Social War]], the Hellenic League of Greek states is made in [[Corinth]]. * The [[Gortys|Gortynians]] occupy [[Matala, Crete|Matala]], on the island of [[Crete]]. ==== Seleucid Empire ==== * With [[Molon]] in most of the [[Seleucid]] kingdom and taking the title of king, [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]] stops a fight to conquer southern [[Syria]] from [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. Antiochus III instead marches against Molon, defeating and killing him and his brother [[Alexander (satrap)|Alexander]] on the far bank of the [[Tigris]]. Antiochus goes on conquer [[Atropatene]], the north-western part of [[Medes|Media]]. * Meanwhile, the birth of a son to Antiochus III and [[Laodice III|Laodice]] leads Hermeias to think about getting rid of the king. This is to rule under the name of the infant son. A