Editing 214 BC (section)

== Events ==
<onlyinclude>

=== By place ===

==== Carthage ====
* [[Ancient Carthage|Carthage]] persuades [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] to revolt against [[Roman Republic|Rome]] and ally itself with Carthage instead.

==== Roman Republic ====
*[[Roman legion]]s led by [[Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 215 BC)|Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus]] defeat [[Hanno, son of Bomilcar|Hanno's]] Carthaginian forces in a battle near [[Benevento|Beneventum]], thus denying [[Hannibal]] much needed reinforcements.
* The Roman general, [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]], who is in [[Sicily]] at the time of the revolt of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], leads an army which storms [[Leontini]] and besieges Syracuse. With the help of [[Archimedes]]' ideas and inventions, the Syracusans repel his attacks by sea.
* The [[Roman censor|censors]] [[Publius Furius Philus]] and [[Marcus Atilius Regulus (consul 227 BC)|Marcus Atilius Regulus]] condemn and degrade (i.e. cause to lose rank in Roman society and politics) two groups of Romans of high rank, including [[Roman Senate|senators]] and [[Roman equestrian order|equestrians]]. The first group are those Roman officers captured by Hannibal's forces in the [[Battle of Cannae]] who have come as Carthaginian hostages to Rome to plead for their ransom (and those of their fellow prisoners), and who then refuse to return to Carthaginian captivity when the Senate refuses to ransom any prisoners. The second group are those Romans who have advocated surrender to Carthage after the Battle of Cannae, or who have made plans to flee Rome and offer their services in [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], or [[Asia Minor]].
* Romans retake [[Samnium]]<ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=77 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>

==== Greece ====
* [[Philip V of Macedon]] attempts an invasion of [[Illyria]] by sea with a fleet of 120 craft. He captures [[Oricum]] and, sailing up the Aous (modern [[Vjosë]]) river, he besieges [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]].
* Upon receiving word from [[Oricum]] of Philip V's actions in Illyria, Roman [[propraetor]] [[Marcus Valerius Laevinus]] crosses the [[Adriatic]] with his fleet and army. Landing at Oricum, Laevinus is able to retake the town with little fighting.
* Laevinus sends 2,000 men under the command of Quintus Naevius Crista, to [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]]. Catching Philip's forces by surprise, Quintus Naevius Crista attacks and routs their camp. Philip V is able to escape back to Macedonia, after burning his fleet and leaving many thousands of his men dead or as prisoners of the Romans.

==== China ====
* Panyu (present-day [[Guangzhou]], or Canton) is established as a city.
* [[Qin Shi Huang]] orders general Ren Xiao (任囂), commanding 200,000 troops, to conquer the kingdoms in present-day northern [[Vietnam]].
* [[Qin Shi Huang]] orders the construction of [[Lingqu]], the oldest contour canal.
* The [[Qin (state)|Qin]] armies under [[Meng Tian]] campaign against the [[Xiongnu]] and other northern peoples and expand their territories along the north basin of the [[Yellow River]]. They subjugate the Luliang region, drive back the Xiongnu tribes to the northwest of the [[Ordos Plateau]], and seize Gaoque, Mt. Tao and Beijia.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: The First Emperor, Section: Meng Tian.}}</ref>
</onlyinclude>