202 BC Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 3rd century BC - 4th century BCDecades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC
Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC - 202 BC - 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC
Events
- October 19 - Scipio Africanus Major defeats Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. On Hannibal's advice, Carthage sues for peace, ending the Second Punic War. Carthage is reduced to a client state.
- The Han emperor Liu Bang moves his capital from Luoyang to Chang'an (Xian), Construction of the new capital city Chang'an started. He gives the area of today's Fujian Province to Wuzhu as his kingdom. Wuzhu started construction of his own capital Ye (Fuzhou).
- Construction of Changsha started.
- Xiang Yu, rebel against the Qin Dynasty
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