What is 201 BC?
{{Year nav|-201}} {{BC year in topic|201}} [[File:Expansion of Rome, 2nd century BC.gif|thumb|The Roman Republic in 201 BC (in light green)]] __NOTOC__ '''201 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Carthage ==== * On [[Hannibal]]'s [[advice]], [[Carthage]] asks for [[Peace treaty|peace]] with the [[Roman Republic|Romans]]. This ends the [[Second Punic War]]. Carthage is made a [[client state]] of [[Roman Republic|Rome]]. * After peace with Rome, Hannibal is elected as [[suffet]], or [[chief magistrate]], of Carthage. The office was insignificant in Carthaginian politics, but Hannibal makes it powerful. ==== Roman Republic ==== * The Romans remove the Carthaginians from [[Malta]]. * In [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], land is given to veterans of the [[Second Punic War]]. ==== Greece ==== * [[Philip V of Macedon]] captures [[Samos]] and the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[fleet]] stationed there. He then makes war on [[Chios]] to the north. * [[Rhodes]] and its allies [[Pergamum]], [[Cyzicus]], and [[Byzantium]] combine their fleets and defeat Philip V in the [[Battle of Chios]]. His flagship is trapped and rammed by two enemy ships. * The [[Sparta]]n king, [[Nabis]], once more invades and captures [[Messene]]. The Spartans leave when the [[Achaean League]] army of [[Philopoemen]] helps. Nabis' forces are defeated at [[Tegea]] by Philopoemen. ==== China ==== * The construction of [[Nanchang]] begins. {{Births}} == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Gnaeus Naevius]], [[Latin]] epic poet and dramatist (b. c. [[264 BC]]) {{commons category}} [[Category:200s BC]]