This page relates to the year -212 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Roman world

• 6 - July 13rd: First plays apollinaires in Rome.
• With Rome, Consul At of a. Claudius P.f. Pulcher, Q. Fulvius M.f. Flaccus III.

• During the winter -213 /-212, Hannibal takes Tarente, which opens its doors to him. Métaponte and Thourioi makes in the same way.
• Failure of Rome to the first seat of Capoue.
• the Roman general Marcellus takes the town of Syracuse after having made the seat of it, in spite of the military inventions of Archimedes. The city is delivered to plundering. The Carthaginians are driven out of Sicily.
• Massacre of the inhabitants of Enna in Sicily speak troops about Marcellus.
• Rome and the Ligue étolienne makes alliance against Philippe V of Macedonia.
• the king of the Numides massaesyles Syphax makes peace with Carthage. Three Carthaginian armies conduits by Hasdrubal Barca pass from Africa to Spain. Massinissa accompanies them.

• Devaluation of the Taxable quota of the fifth class of 11  000 with 4  000 ace (towards -214/-212), allowing to enlist the proletarians in the army in a permanent way. Raised massive troop in the Latium, the remainder of Italy being occupied by the enemy.

• Famine in Campania during the seat of Capoue.
• massive Exodus Roman colonists towards the Latium and Rome. Financial crisis. Devaluation (reduction of the weight of the ace). Introduction of new a monetary system aligned on the systems hellenistic (introduction of a sum of money of money being worth 10 aces towards -214/-213).

World hellenistic

• Beginning of the forwarding of Antiochos III in the Eastern satrapie S and in the India (fine in -205). Victorious, it treats with the Penjab.

Science & technology

• to defend Syracuse, Archimedes designs fabulous machines: giant cranes to send projectiles on the ships, Mirror S reflecting the sun in order to set fire to the remote boats…

Art & culture

• Plaute, a ombrien, first writer of the north of Italy, written between -212 and -186 a score of Comedy S of which the Miles gloriosus (the soldier fanfaron).

• has Rome, of the plays to Greek are offered to Apollon.

• the catch of Syracuse mark “ the beginning of the admiration of Rome for the Greek works of art ” (Tite-Live).

Births

Death

• Archimedes, mathematician and Greek physicist died during the conquest Roman E of Syracuse.

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