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- Second Punic War :
- ---April, Hannibal destroys the Roman army under Consul Flaminius at the Battle Of Lake Trasimene , in which the later Scipio Africanus reputed to have fought and escaped.
- ---May to October, The Romans appoint Fabius Maximus , the Cunctator , as Dictator .
- --- Battle Of Geronium , Quintus Fabius Maximus , saved the Roman army under M. Minucius Rufus , while he suddenly appeared on Hannibal 's flank, when Minucius was on the verge of defeat, Hannibal prudently withdrew from battle.
- --- Publius Cornelius Scipio joined his brother in Spain with reinforcement, and strengthen Roman hold on the Ebro
- Macedon sides with Carthage against Rome , starting the First Macedonian War .
- Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III The Great , king of the Seleucid Empire in the Battle Of Raphia .
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