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'{your mom was born and then she died because she was o d big ''''''Bold text''''''yorn mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ais faT DHD AH AHA HAAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LOL JK READ THE REST ITS MOST LIKELY REAL {Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}} {{Year nav|-200}} {{BC year in topic|200}} [[File:East-Hem 200bc.jpg|thumb|The eastern hemisphere in 200 BC]] __NOTOC__ Year '''200 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Cotta''' (or, less frequently, '''year 554 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 200 BC for this year has been used since the [[Early Middle Ages|early medieval period]], when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in [[Europe]] for naming years. == Events == <onlyinclude> === By place === ==== Seleucid Empire ==== * [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III's]] forces continue their [[invasion]] of [[Coele Syria]] and [[Palestine]]. ==== Greece ==== * [[Philip V of Macedon]]'s [[Naval fleet|fleet]] defeat the [[Rhodes|Rhodians]] at [[Miletus|Lade]]. His [[forces]] then advance into [[Pergamum]], [[Looting|plundering]] Pergamese territory and [[Offensive (military)|attacking]] [[cities]] in [[Caria]]. * The [[Acarnania]]ns, with [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonian]] [[Advocacy|support]], invade [[Attica]], causing [[Ancient Athens|Athens]], which has previously maintained its [[Neutrality (international relations)|neutrality]], to seek help from the enemies of Philip. [[Attalus I Soter|Attalus I]] of [[Pergamum]], who is with his [[Flotilla|fleet]] at [[Aegina]], receives an [[embassy]] from [[Athens]] asking him to come to the [[city]] for [[Consul (representative)|consultations]]. After he is told that [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[ambassadors]] are also in Athens, Attalus goes there in haste. * The Roman ambassador to [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], [[Syria]], and [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 187 BC)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] [[Delivery (commerce)| delivers]] an [[ultimatum]] to Philip V warning Macedonia not to make war on any Greek state. Philip decides to reject the Roman [[ultimatum]] and the Romans [[Declaration of war|declare war]] on Macedon, thus starting the [[Second Macedonian War]]. * The Roman consul, [[Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus]], asks [[Attalus I Soter|Attalus I]] and his [[Naval fleet|fleet]] to meet up with the Roman fleet off the Greek [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] coast and they conduct a naval campaign against Philip V, [[Harassment|harassing]] Macedonian possessions in and along the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]]. ==== Roman Republic ==== * Roman forces defeat the [[Gauls]] of [[Cisalpine Gaul]] in the [[Battle of Cremona (200 BC)|Battle of Cremona]]. * The [[bacchanalia]] are wild and mystic festivals of the Roman god [[Dionysus|Bacchus]] which are introduced into Rome from lower [[Italy]] by way of [[Etruria]] (approximate date). ==== Bactria ==== * [[Euthydemus I]] of the [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Demetrius I of Bactria]] (approximate date). ==== South America ==== * The city of [[Tiwanaku]] is founded as a [[village]] near [[Lake Titicaca]] in modern [[Bolivia]] (approximate date). * The Early Horizon period in the [[Andes]] comes to an end as the [[Chavin culture]] vanishes and is succeeded by the [[Nazca culture]] (approximate date). ==== China ==== * The construction of the Wei-Yang Palace in the [[Han Dynasty]] capital ([[Chang'an]]) begins. * The [[Xiongnu|Hsiung-nu]] appear on the western borders of [[China]]. * The [[Han Dynasty|Han emperor]] [[Emperor Gaozu of Han|Gaozu]] is defeated by the [[Xiongnu]] in the [[Battle of Baideng]]. * The [[Great Wall of China]] is completed. === By topic === ==== Art ==== * ''[[Alexander the Great]]'', head from a [[Hellenistic]] copy of a statue, possibly after a [[4th century BC]] original by [[Lysippos]] is made. It is now kept at the Archeological Museum in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. * [[Lost-wax casting]] is known in [[Ancient China|China]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (approximate date). * Roman artists begin attempting to produce the illusion of thin slabs of colored marble covering the walls, which are set off by actual architectural moldings and columns, in private houses. These attempts last for [[80 BC|120 years]]. ==== Astronomy ==== * The first good measurement of the distance between [[Earth]] and the [[Sun]] is made by [[Eratosthenes]] (approximate date). By studying [[lunar eclipse]]s, his result is roughly 150 000 000 km. The currently accepted value is 149 597 870 691 ± 30 metres. </onlyinclude> == In fiction == * This year is used as the fourth time world ([[Amazon river|Amazon Jungle]]) in the [[video game]] ''[[The Lost Vikings]] II''. * The [[Tribunal (Guardians of Time)|Tribunal]] in [[Marianne Curley]]'s ''[[Guardians of Time Trilogy]]'' is set up near [[Athens]]. == Births == * [[Jia Yi]], Chinese statesman and poet (d. [[169 BC]]) == Deaths == * [[Euthydemus I]], King of the [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]] from [[223 BC]] (approximate date) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:200 Bc}} [[Category:200 BC| ]] [[ast:200 edC]] [[az:E.ə. 200]] [[be:200 да н.э.]] [[be-x-old:200 да н. э.]] [[bs:200 p.n.e.]] [[ca:200 aC]] [[cs:200 př. n. l.]] [[cy:200 CC]] [[da:200 f.Kr.]] [[de:200 v. Chr.]] [[el:200 π.Χ.]] [[es:200 a. C.]] [[eo:-200]] [[eu:K. a. 200]] [[fa:۲۰۰ (پیش از میلاد)]] [[fr:-200]] [[gl:-200]] [[ko:기원전 200년]] [[hy:Մ.թ.ա. 200]] [[hr:200. pr. 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