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Events

Second Punic War :

---In the Third Battle Of Nola , Marcus Claudius Marcellus fights an inconclusive battle with Hannibal .

--- Tiberius Gracchus defeated Hanno Barca in the Battle Of Beneventum

Publius Cornelius Scipio is elected Aedile at age 22, together with his elder brother. He was opposed by the Tribune s on account of his youth but supported by the people. But Scipio's style in politic would ultimately lead to his political downfall in the future.

The Censor s Marcus Atilius Regulus and Publius Furius Philus prosecute and punish a number of citizens who had planned to abandon Rome after the Battle Of Cannae .

Panyu (present-day Guangzhou , or Canton) was established as a city.

Births

Deaths

Diophantus , mathematician -->

Hieronymus , grandson of Hiero II Of Syracuse and tyrant (assassination)