# 206 BC

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206 BC in various calendars Gregorian calendar 206 BC CCVI BC Ab urbe condita 548 Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 118 - Pharaoh Ptolemy IV Philopator, 16 Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 143rd Olympiad, year 3 Assyrian calendar 4545 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −799 – −798 Berber calendar 745 Buddhist calendar 339 Burmese calendar −843 Byzantine calendar 5303–5304 Chinese calendar 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2492 or 2285 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 2493 or 2286 Coptic calendar −489 – −488 Discordian calendar 961 Ethiopian calendar −213 – −212 Hebrew calendar 3555–3556 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat −149 – −148 - Shaka Samvat N/A - Kali Yuga 2895–2896 Holocene calendar 9795 Iranian calendar 827 BP – 826 BP Islamic calendar 852 BH – 851 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar N/A Korean calendar 2128 Minguo calendar 2117 before ROC 民前2117年 Nanakshahi calendar −1673 Seleucid era 106/107 AG Thai solar calendar 337–338 Tibetan calendar ཤིང་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Horse) −79 or −460 or −1232 — to — ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Sheep) −78 or −459 or −1231

Year **206 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). At the time it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Philo and Metellus** (or, less frequently, **year 548 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 206 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Republic

- In the [Battle of Ilipa](/source/Battle_of_Ilipa) ([Alcalá del Río](/source/Alcal%C3%A1_del_R%C3%ADo), near [Seville](/source/Seville)) in [Spain](/source/Spain), the [Carthaginian](/source/Ancient_Carthage) generals, [Mago Barca](/source/Mago_Barca) and [Hasdrubal Gisco](/source/Hasdrubal_Gisco), are defeated by the [Roman](/source/Roman_Republic) general [Publius Cornelius Scipio](/source/Scipio_Africanus). Mago retreats to [Gades](/source/C%C3%A1diz) (modern [Cádiz](/source/C%C3%A1diz)) and then sails for the [Balearic Islands](/source/Balearic_Islands).

- The Roman general [Publius Cornelius Scipio](/source/Scipio_Africanus) secures Gades, thus making Roman control of Spain complete. With the effective withdrawal of the Carthaginians from Spain, [Hispania](/source/Hispania) becomes a [Roman province](/source/Roman_province).

- The city of [Italica](/source/Italica) (northwest of modern [Seville](/source/Seville), [Spain](/source/Spain)) is founded by Scipio as a place to settle for the Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa.

- After having successfully driven the Carthaginians out of Spain, Scipio returns in triumph to Rome and is elected [consul](/source/Roman_consul). He then prepares to carry the war into Carthage's territory in North Africa.

#### Egypt

- The native [Egyptian](/source/Ancient_Egypt) population wage the [Great Revolt of Egypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Revolt_of_Egypt&action=edit&redlink=1) against their Greek rulers. The revolt spreads to [Upper Egypt](/source/Upper_Egypt).

#### Carthage

- Hasdrubal Gisco retreats to the coast and then crosses to North Africa, where he gives his daughter in marriage to [Syphax](/source/Syphax), king of the [Numidian](/source/Numidia) [Masaesyli](/source/Masaesyli) tribe, to formalize their military alliance.

- After being an ally of Carthage and fighting with them, Numidian chieftain, [Masinissa](/source/Masinissa) switches sides when the Carthaginians are driven from Spain and offers to assist Rome. Syphax expels his rival Masinissa and claims himself to be King of Numidia. The Romans support Masinissa's claim to the Numidian throne against Syphax, the pro-Carthaginian ruler of the Masaesyli tribe.

#### Persia

- [Arsaces II](/source/Arsaces_II), king of the [Parthians](/source/Parthia), loses territory in battles with [Euthydemus I](/source/Euthydemus_I), ruler of [Bactria](/source/Bactria).

- [Antiochus III](/source/Antiochus_III_the_Great) marches across the [Hindu Kush](/source/Hindu_Kush) into the [Kabul](/source/Kabul) valley and renews his friendship with the [Indian](/source/India) king [Sophagasenus](/source/Sophagasenus).

#### Greece

- The war between [Macedonia](/source/Macedon) and Rome drags on with no decisive advantage on either side. Rome's interest lies not in conquest, but in keeping Macedon, the Greek city-states and Greek political leagues continually divided and non-threatening.

- [Philip V of Macedon](/source/Philip_V_of_Macedon) is able to take advantage of Roman inactivity. After sacking Thermum, the religious and political centre of [Aetolia](/source/Aetolia), Philip is able to force the Aetolians to accept a peace treaty based on his terms.

#### China

- A period of civil war known as the [Chu-Han contention](/source/Chu-Han_contention) begins.

- [Xiang Yu](/source/Xiang_Yu) divides China in a power-sharing arrangement known as the [Eighteen Kingdoms](/source/Eighteen_Kingdoms), with himself the de facto supreme ruler as Hegemon-King of Western Chu.

- Xiang Yu appoints [Huai II of Chu](/source/Emperor_Yi_of_Chu) as Emperor Yi of China, but he has him assassinated later in the year.

- [Liu Bang](/source/Liu_Bang), as the newly appointed king of [Hanzhong](/source/Han_dynasty), and his new General-in-Chief [Han Xin](/source/Han_Xin), invade [Guanzhong](/source/Guanzhong), defeat the king of Yong, [Zhang Han](/source/Zhang_Han_(Qin_dynasty)), and conquer the lands of the [Three Qins](/source/Three_Qins), thus beginning hostilities with Xiang Yu.

- Liu Bang makes Yueyang his capital and begins to expand his realm into the [Central Plain](/source/Zhongyuan).

- Xiang Yu campaigns against a rebellion in [Qi](/source/Qi_(state)).[1]

- The [Jian](/source/Jian) and [Dao](/source/Dao_(Chinese_sword)) swords are created during this time (approximate date).

## Deaths

- [Chrysippus](/source/Chrysippus), Greek [Stoic](/source/Stoicism) [philosopher](/source/Philosophy) (approximate date)

- [Han Cheng](/source/Cheng%2C_King_of_Han), Chinese ruler of the [Eighteen Kingdoms](/source/Eighteen_Kingdoms)

- [Han Guang](/source/Han_Guang), Chinese ruler of the Eighteen Kingdoms

- [Scerdilaidas](/source/Scerdilaidas), Illyrian king of the [Ardiaean Kingdom](/source/List_of_rulers_in_Illyria)

- [Yi](/source/Emperor_Yi_of_Chu) (or **Huai II**), Chinese ruler of the [Chu State](/source/Chu_(state))

- [Ziying](/source/Ziying_of_Qin), Chinese ruler of the [Qin Dynasty](/source/Qin_dynasty)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hung, Hing Ming (2011). *The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty*. pp. 73–111. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0875868387](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0875868387).

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