-218

This page relates to the year -218 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Asia

Chinese Domination on the Tonkin (- 218/939).

Africa

Beginning of the reign of Arkamani (Ergaménès), king of Nubie (fine in -200).
the Nubian king of Greek education Arkamani massacre the priests of Amon to Napata, marking the final rupture of the old pact enters the kings and the clergy.

the old habit, brought back by Diodore of Sicily to Ier century before the Christian era, wanted that the priests of Amon order the ritual suicide of the king if it déméritait or if its forces declined. By the massacre the priests, Arkamani abolishes this habit and imposes on Méroé reforms come from outside.

World hellenistic

the Gallic ones devastate again Novum Ilium (Troy).
Thermos flask, federal capital of the League étolienne, is plundered by Philippe V of Macedonia, in reprisals with the bag of Dion.

Roman world

With Rome, Consul At of P. Cornelius L.f. Scipio, T. Sempronius c.f. Longus.

Beginning of the Second Punic War (fine in -201).

the consular Ti army. Sempronius Longus concentrates with Lilybée, in Sicily, to attack Carthage by sea. That of P. Cornelius Scipio prepares in north to close the access of the Italy.
the general Carthaginian Hannibal leaves Carthagène in spring with the head of 102 000 men and 37 elephants. It subjects the countries to the North of the Ebre and crosses the the Eastern Pyrenees to the Col of Perthus from where it emerges in Gaulle southernmost.
August 25th: Hannibal crosses the the Rhone to the head of its army, and moves towards the Alps and the Italy.
Delayed by a revolt of Gallic Boïens and Insubres, Scipion arrives too late at Marseilles, Hannibal being already in the valley of the Rhone. Scipion seeks to retain it as a Gaulle, but Hannibal, whose objective is Italy, conceals, goes up the Rhone with forced marches, and crosses the Alps by a dubious route with the Col of Montgenèvre or the Col of the Small-Saint-Bernard or Mount-Cenis. It emerges in the higher valley of the Po with only 20 000 infantrymen and 6000 riders, but benefits from the effect of surprised and the revolt of the Gallic cisalpins.
Scipion hastens to regain Italy by the littoral to close the outlet of the mountains, but arrives still too late and must settle behind the Tessin.
Sempronius, recalled of Sicily, goes towards North to the help of his/her colleague. Hannibal do not leave them time to operate their junction, forces the passage of the Tessin after a victory over Scipion, then crushes the Romans finally rejoined on the edges of the Trébie (December). Rome loses 30 000 men. The Gallic cisalpins, after long hesitations, decides for Hannibal, which spends the winter to Italy of North.

Revolt of the Gallic.
Rome seizes Malta.
Foundation of Tarragone by the Romans in the place of the Iberian city of Ceased.
Ostie becomes before wearing of combat for the galères.

Lex Claudia , plebiscite prohibiting with the senators and their sons to have ships of more than 300 amphoras (80 hl), prohibiting the big business to them. Flaminius Nepos is the only senator to defend it. The members of the nobilitas invest in the land one, and a distinct capitalist class emerges ( equities ).
Introduction of the worship of Baal in Rome.

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