204 BC Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BCDecades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC
Years: 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC - 204 BC - 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC
Events
- Second Punic War:
- Cato the Elder goes to Sicily to serve as the quaestor of Scipio Africanus Major, and publicly objects to Scipio's lavish spending.
- Scipio Africanus Major lands in Africa to fight the Carthaginians on their own soil.
- Hannibal fights a drawn battle against the Roman general Sempronius in the Battle of Crotona.
- In Rome, the Lex Cincia forbids courtroom advocates from accepting fees for services rendered.
- Livius Andronicus, pioneer Latin epic poet
- Pharaoh Arsinoe III of Egypt of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (murdered)
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