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208 BC

208 BC

Calendar year


Year 208 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Crispinus (or, less frequently, year 546 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 208 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Republic

Seleucid Empire

China

  • Zhang Han defeats and kills the rebel leader Xiang Liang in the Battle of Dingtao.
  • Qin Prime Minister Li Si is executed by Qin Er Shi, having been conspired against by the eunuch Zhao Gao, who replaces him as Prime Minister.
  • Zhang Han seizes the Zhao capital Handan and besieges its king Zhao Xie in Julu.
  • Xiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu seizes control of Liang's army.[1]

Births

Deaths


References

  1. Hung, Hing Ming (2011). The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty. pp. 32–54. ISBN 978-0875868387.

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