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217 BC

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Millennium: 1st millenniumBC
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217 BC in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar217 BC
CCXVII BC
Ab urbe condita537
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIIIdynasty,107
- PharaohPtolemy IV Philopator,5
Ancient Greek era140thOlympiad,year 4
Assyrian calendar4534
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−809
Berber calendar734
Buddhist calendar328
Burmese calendar−854
Byzantine calendar5292–5293
Chinese calendarQuý vịNiên (WaterGoat)
2481 or 2274
— to —
Giáp thân niên (WoodMonkey)
2482 or 2275
Coptic calendar−500 – −499
Discordian calendar950
Ethiopian calendar−224 – −223
Hebrew calendar3544–3545
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat−160 – −159
-Shaka SamvatN/A
-Kali Yuga2884–2885
Holocene calendar9784
Iranian calendar838 BP – 837 BP
Islamic calendar864 BH – 863 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2117
Minguo calendar2128 beforeROC
Dân tiền 2128 niên
Nanakshahi calendar−1684
Seleucid era95/96AG
Thai solar calendar326–327
Tibetan calendarÂm thủy dương niên
(female Water-Goat)
−90 or −471 or −1243
— to —
Dương mộc hầu niên
(male Wood-Monkey)
−89 or −470 or −1242
The Battle of Lake Trasimene

Year217 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Geminus and Flaminius/Regulus(or, less frequently,year 537Ab urbe condita). The denomination 217 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Republic

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  • Gaius Flaminiusis re-electedconsulwithGnaeus Servilius Geminus,in what is considered to be arebukeof the Senate's prosecution of thewar.Flaminius raises newlegionsand marches north to meet theCarthaginiangeneralHannibal.
  • Hannibal advances to theArno Riverand then outmanoeuvres thearmyof Gaius Flaminius atArretiumand reachesFaesulae(modernFiesole) andPerugia.
  • June 21– On the northernshoreofLake Trasimene,inUmbria,Hannibal'stroopsall but annihilate Gaius Flaminius' army in theBattle of Lake Trasimene,killing thousands (including Flaminius) and driving others to drown in the lake. Reinforcements of about 4,000 cavalry fromAriminumunder thepraetor,Gaius Centenius,are intercepted before they arrive and are also destroyed. The Carthaginian troops then march on Rome.
  • Gaius Flaminius' supporters in theSenatebegin to lose power to the more aristocratic factions as the Romans fear Hannibal is about to besiege their city. The Senate appointQuintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosusasdictator.
  • Quintus Fabius Maximus begins his strategy of "delay". This involves avoiding a set battle with the Carthaginians and creating a "scorched earth" area around Hannibal's army. Manoeuvring among the hills, where Hannibal's cavalry is ineffective, Fabius cuts off his enemy's supplies and harasses Hannibal's forces incessantly. Fabius gains the nameCunctator(The Delayer) for this strategy.
  • Hannibal ravagesApuliaandCampania;meanwhile the delaying tactics of Quintus Fabius Maximus' army allows only skirmishes to occur between the two armies.
  • Fabius' delaying policy becomes increasingly unpopular in Rome, and Fabius is compelled to return to Rome to defend his actions under the guise of observing some religious obligations. Marcus Minucius Rufus, the master of horse, is left in command and manages to catch the Carthaginians off guard near their camp inGeroniumand inflicts severe losses on them in a large skirmish. This "victory" causes the Romans, disgruntled with Fabius, to elevate Minucius to the equal rank of dictator with Fabius.
  • Minucius takes command of half the army and camps separately from Fabius near Geronium. Hannibal, informed of this development, lays an elaborate trap, which draws out Minucius and his army and then Hannibal attacks it from all sides. The timely arrival of Fabius with the other half of the army enables Minucius to escape after a severe mauling. After the battle, Minucius turns over his army to Fabius and resumes the duties of Master of Horse.
  • Carthagians defeat the Romans atLake Trasimene;at theTrebia Riverand at theTicinus River[1]

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Greece

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  • Philip V of Macedon,continuing his war with theAetolian Leaguelays siege toPhthiotic Thebes,captures it and sells the inhabitants into slavery.
  • Learning of Hannibal's victory over the Romans atLake Trasimeneand seeing a chance to recover hisIllyriankingdom from the Romans,Demetrius of Pharosimmediately advises Philip V to make peace with the Aetolians, and turn his attentions toward Illyria and Italy. Philip, at once begins negotiations with the Aetolians. At a conference on the coast nearNaupactus,Philip meets the Aetolian leaders and a peace treaty is concluded, ending the three-year-long "Social War".

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References

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  1. ^LeGlay, Marcel; Voisin, Jean-Louis; Le Bohec, Yann (2001).A History of Rome(Second ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 77.ISBN0-631-21858-0.