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This page relates to the year -217 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Asia

traditional Date of the arrival of Buddhist monks Indian in Central Asia.

ancient Egypt

June 22nd: The Égyptiens under the direction of Ptolémée {{IV}} Philopator crush the army séleucide led by Antiochos {{III}} to the Bataille of Raffia, in Palestine.

With Raffia, the Séleucide army includes/understands 62 000 infantrymen and 12 000 riders.

Of return to Alexandria, Ptolémée V carries out a life dissolue, then made assassinate his wife and sister Arsinoé {{III}}, which gave him a son, Ptolémée {{V}} Épiphane (-210).
Mobilization of indigenous soldiers in Egypt. They turn over their weapons against the capacity lagide which is obliged to make them concessions.

World hellenistic

In Greece, victory of the Achaean League. Treated Naupacte between the Étoliens overcome and the Macedonia combined with Achaïe on the basis of uti possidetis . End of the war of the Allies.

Roman world

With Rome, Consul At of C. Servilius Geminus, Flaminius Nepos (for the second time). Flaminius dies in Trasimène and is replaced by Mr. Atilius Regulus (consul suffect for the second time).

June 24th: With the Battle of the lake Trasimène , Hannibal demolishes the Roman legions with a few miles of Rome.

With the head of 90 000 men, for the Gallic majority, Hannibal crosses the Apennin and enters in Étrurie. It crosses a marshy area during four days and four night, losing the majority of the beasts of burden like its eye. Flaminius Nepos gives an opinion with Arretium to defend the passages of Apennin, Cn. Servillius Geminus in Arminium to cover the Adriatic slope . By devastating the country, Hannibal attracts Flaminius in the area of the lake Trasimène. Positioned on the heights which dominate the lake, the Carthaginians wrap the Romans completely. Fifteen thousand Romans are killed with Flaminius, twenty thousand are made prisoners. Hannibal loses fifteen hundred men. It orders with its men to give up their armament and to strip deaths to be equipped with the Roman.
Flaminius Nepos, elected plebeian consul, enters in conflict with the Senate. By fear to be retained in Rome, it pretexts a voyage and gains Italy of North, which causes the anger of the senators. One sends a delegation to him to point out it: he refuses. He takes possession of his load. Predict unfavourable: at the time of the sacrifice the already struck victim escapes and floods blood several of the assistants. At the time when it will go against Hannibal, its Staff advises to him to await the arrival of his Cn colleague. Servillius. It passes in addition to. One leaves. Its horse falls down under him and throws it to ground. It accumulates awkwardnesses and fall into the trap tended by Hannibal to the lake Trasimène: arrived the evening at the accesses of the lake, it is taken in the morning in the fog whereas the Carthaginians are on the heights.

the consul Fabius Maximus Cunctator ( the temporisor ) is named dictator.

Hannibal, which is only to 130 km of Rome, is diverted towards the Ombrie (the city can be taken only after one long seat, and it does not have the means of them. It releases without ransom the Italian prisoners taken during the battle, then lance a call to their fatherlands to unite itself against Rome. The Roman senate resists temptation to treat with Carthage. The Italian allies of Rome do not make defection. Rome has time to recover. While Hannibal passes to the Picenum then in Apulie, Rome mobilizes and confers the dictatorship on Q. Fabius Maximus. This one practices a war of attrition by refusing the battle systematically. Hannibal goes on the South in the hope to cause a general insurrection, but is still misled in its waiting. Carthage, with the catches with the Romans in Spain, leaves it without help. Tiny room to its only forces, it is paralyzed with the end of the year.

Science & technology

Archimedes calculates the sum of the infinitely smalls of unlimited number, that is to say the Integral calculus.

Art & culture

With the festivals of Saturn, saturnales, the equality is complete between Masters and Esclave S.
religious Réaction to Rome: in remembering the Italic Worm sacrum , one dedicates to Mars and the exile, with their majority, all the new ones born from the year.
the antiques Latin divinities, Junon of Lanuvium, Fortuna of Algid the, are again the object of an enthusiastic worship.

Births

Death

Flaminius Nepos

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