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217 BC

Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC

Decades: 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC - 210s BC - 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC

Years: 222 BC 221 BC 220 BC 219 BC 218 BC - 217 BC - 216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC

Events

Second Punic War: Hannibal destroys the Roman army under consul Flaminius[?] at the Battle of Lake Trasimene[?].
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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