What happened in 212 BC?
Battle of the Silarus, Battle of Herdonia and Battle of Capua — among 16 events recorded in 212 BC.
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Wars & Conflicts 9
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Battle of the Silarus
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal's army destroyed a Roman army led by praetor Marcus Centenius Penula
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Battle of Herdonia
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hannibal's Carthaginian army destroyed a Roman army led by Praetor Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus
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Battle of Capua
Battle of the Second Punic War in 212 BCE where Hannibal defeated two Roman consular armies and temporarily managed to raise the siege of Capua
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Battle of Tarentum
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War
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Battle of Beneventum
212 BCE battle of the Second Punic War in which Hanno the Elder was defeated by Quintus Fulvius Flaccus
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First Battle of Tarentum
211 BCE battle
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Second Battle of Beneventum
211 BCE battle
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Battle of Lissus
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Siege of Capua
212–211 BCE siege
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People 4
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Archimedes died
Died in Syracuse. Greek mathematician and physicist (c. 287 – c. 212 BC).
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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus died
Roman Master of the Horse 216 BC
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Perseus of Macedon born
Born in Pella. King of Macedonia from 179 to 168 BC.
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Xerxes of Armenia died
Died in Sophene. King of Sophene and Commagene from 228 BC to 212 BC.
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Anabasis of Antiochus III the Great
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