壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2490 or 2283 — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2491 or 2284
Coptic calendar
−491 – −490
Discordian calendar
959
Ethiopian calendar
−215 – −214
Hebrew calendar
3553–3554
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
−151 – −150
- Shaka Samvat
N/A
- Kali Yuga
2893–2894
Holocene calendar
9793
Iranian calendar
829 BP – 828 BP
Islamic calendar
854 BH – 853 BH
Javanese calendar
N/A
Julian calendar
N/A
Korean calendar
2126
Minguo calendar
2119 before ROC 民前2119年
Nanakshahi calendar
−1675
Seleucid era
104/105 AG
Thai solar calendar
335–336
Tibetan calendar
阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) −81 or −462 or −1234 — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) −80 or −461 or −1233
Year 208 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Crispinus (or, less frequently, year 546 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 208 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Year 208BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Crispinus (or, less frequently...
Caesares to appear in history was Sextus Julius Caesar, praetor in Sicily in 208BC. From the filiation of his son, Sextus, "Sex. f. L. n.", we know that his...
north-east. In 209 BC the new Roman commander Publius Scipio captured Carthago Nova, the main Carthaginian base in the peninsula. In 208 Scipio defeated...
Zhao Gao (died c. October 207 BC) was a Chinese eunuch and politician. He was an official of the Qin dynasty of China. Allegedly a eunuch, he served as...
destroying two Roman armies in 212 BC, and killing two consuls, including the famed Marcus Claudius Marcellus in a battle in 208BC. However, Hannibal slowly began...
208BC) was a Roman general and politician during the 3rd century BC. Five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic (222, 215, 214, 210, and 208...
the Warring States period (481 BC – 403 BC) and the Qin state (9th century BC – 221 BC) and dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). Early Warring States period Qin...
280 – c.August 208BC) was a Chinese calligrapher, philosopher, and politician of the Qin dynasty. He served as Chancellor from 246 to 208BC, first under...
Even so, many of them later fought against the Romans. In the spring of 208BC Hasdrubal moved to engage Scipio at the battle of Baecula. The Carthaginians...
(simplified Chinese: 吴广; traditional Chinese: 吳廣, died December 209 BC or January 208BC) was a leader of the first rebellion against the Qin Dynasty during...
this event took place in 208BC; whereas the Chinese Records of the Grand Historian dates the enthronement of Thục Phán in 218 BC, amidst the Qin campaign...
The Battle of the Arius was an engagement that was fought in 208BC between the Seleucid Empire and the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. The Seleucids were led...
title of "Duke of Lu" (魯公) by King Huai II of the restoring Chu state in 208BC. The following year, he led the Chu forces to victory at the Battle of Julu...
The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. It is considered part of the Classical Era, epoch, or historical...
Liu Ruyi (208 – c.January 194 BC), posthumously known as the "Suffering King of Zhao" (趙隱王, Zhào Yǐnwáng), was the only son of the first Han emperor Liu...
210 BC Kykliadas of Pharae 210 - 209 BC Philopoemen of Megalopolis I 209 - 208BC Nikias 208 - 207 BC Philopoemen of Megalopolis II 207 - 206 BC Lysippos...
Chinese: 陳勝吳廣起義; pinyin: Chén Shèng Wú Guǎng Qǐyì), August 209 B.C.– January 208B.C., was the first uprising against the Qin dynasty following the death...
Unknown Emperor (207 BC) January 206 BC Executed prisoner of war Zhao Gao China (Qin dynasty) Unknown Chancellor (208BC–207 BC) 207 BC Executed Zhao Xian...
confederal Zhou dynasty which had endured for over five centuries—until 221 BC, when it assumed an imperial prerogative following its complete conquest of...
Xiang Liang (died 208BC) was a military leader who led a rebellion against the Qin dynasty. Xiang Liang was from Xiaxiang (下相; present-day Suqian, Jiangsu)...
'window' on the left, with the 月 'Moon' component on the right. Li Si (d. 208BC), the Chancellor of Qin, attempted to universalize the Qin small seal script...
defeats Marcellus once more 209 BC – Battle of Asculum – Hannibal once again defeats Marcellus, in an indecisive battle 208BC – Battle of Baecula – Romans...
the cognomen Caesar was a praetor in 208BC during the Second Punic War. The family's first consul was in 157 BC, though their political fortunes had...
Titus Quinctius Flamininus (c. 228 – 174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece. Flamininus belonged to the...
thus giving the Romans a chance to deal with them one by one. Early in 208BC, Scipio Africanus, with 30,000 Roman and Italian troops and 10,000 Spanish...