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Events

Rome declares war upon Philip V , king of Macedon . Second Macedonian War begins.

Roman forces defeat the Gaul s of Cisalpine Gaul at Cremona

Hannibal becomes Chief Magistrate of Carthage .

The Bacchanalia are introduced in the Roman Empire . (approximate date)

City of Tiwanaku founded near Lake Titicaca, in what is now modern Bolivia.

Construction of Wei-Yang Palace in the Han Dynasty capital ( Chang'an )

Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom dies and is succeeded by his son Demetrius I Of Bactria (approximate date).

The Hsiung-nu appear on the western borders of China .

The first good measurement on the distance between Earth and the Sun was made by Eratosthenes . By studying Lunar Eclipse s, his result was roughly 150 000 000 km. The currently accepted value is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres.

Births

Diophantus , Greek mathematician (approximate date of birth)

Deaths

Euthydemus I of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (approximate date).