Editing 205 BC

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Year '''205 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 Scipio and Dives''' (or, less frequently, '''year 549 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 205 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.

==Events==
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===By place===

====Seleucid Empire====
* Returning via the [[Persia]]n [[province]]s of [[Arachosia]], [[Drangiana]], and [[Carmania (satrapy)|Carmania]], [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]] arrives in [[Persis]]. He then leads a short expedition down the [[Persian Gulf]] and receives [[tribute]] of 500 [[Talent (weight)|talents]] of silver from the [[Citizenship|citizens]] of [[Gerrha]], a [[mercantile]] [[Sovereign state|state]] on the west coast of the [[Persian Gulf]].
* Antiochus III returns from his eastern campaigns, after having defeated the [[Bactria]]ns and subjugated the [[Parthia]]ns and thus being able to partly restore [[Seleucid]] power in these provinces by crushing the revolting [[governor]]s of [[Medes|Media]], [[Persia]] and [[Anatolia]]. Having established a system of [[vassal state]]s in the East, Antiochus now adopts the ancient [[Achaemenid]] title of "great king", and the Greeks, comparing him to [[Alexander the Great]], surname him "the Great", that is to say Antiochus III Megas.

====Greece====
* [[Philip V of Macedon]] makes a temporary peace (the [[Peace of Phoenice]]) with [[Roman Republic|Rome]] on favourable terms for [[Macedon]]ia ending the [[First Macedonian War]]. The treaty formally acknowledges the favourable position of Macedonia, including their capture of [[Illyria]], but in return Philip effectively repudiates his alliance with [[Hannibal]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank William|last=Walbank|title=Philip V of Macedon|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1940|oclc=491231292|page=104}}</ref>
* After the peace, the [[Sparta]]n king, [[Nabis of Sparta|Nabis]], goes to war with the [[Achaean League]]. The Achaean general [[Philopoemen]] expels Nabis of Sparta from [[Messene]].
* The Peace of Phoenice prohibits Philip from expanding westward into Illyria or the [[Adriatic Sea]], so the king turns his attentions eastwards to the [[Aegean Sea]], where he starts to build a large fleet. After concluding the [[First Macedonian War]], Philip of Macedon, seeing his chance to defeat [[Rhodes]], forms an alliance with [[Aetolia]]n and [[Sparta]]n pirates who begin raiding Rhodian ships. The [[Cretan War (205–200 BC)|Cretan War]] begins between Philips' Macedonians, the [[Aetolian League]], several [[Crete|Cretan]] cities (of which [[Olous]] and Hierapytna are the most important) and Spartan pirates against the forces of Rhodes and later [[Attalus I Soter|Attalus I]] of [[Pergamum]], [[Byzantium]], [[Cyzicus]], [[Athens]] and [[Knossos]].
* With the Rhodian fleet and economy suffering from the depredations of the pirates, Philip begins attacking the lands of Rhodes' allies in [[Thrace]] and around the [[Sea of Marmara]].

====Roman Republic====
* [[Scipio Africanus|Publius Cornelius Scipio]] boldly determines to disregard [[Hannibal]] in [[Italy]] and political opposition in the [[Roman Senate]] and rather decides to strike at the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] holdings in North Africa. Scipio crosses to [[Sicily]] with an army consisting partly of volunteers as the Roman Senate would not provide him with an army.
* The Roman [[propraetor]] [[Quintus Pleminius]] captures the town of [[Epizephyrian Locris]] from the Carthaginians. Hannibal's attempt to recapture the town is foiled by the appearance of Scipio's army.
* Scipio sends the Roman general [[Gaius Laelius]] to North Africa to prepare the way for his later invasion.
* A Carthaginian army under [[Mago Barca]] lands in [[Liguria]], capturing [[Genoa]] and [[Savona]].
* Hannibal erects a [[bilingual]] [[Punic]]/[[Ancient Greece|Greek]] inscription describing his accomplishments in the [[Temple of Juno Lacinia (Crotone)|temple of Juno Lacinia]] near [[Crotone]].

====Egypt====
* The native [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] population rises in rebellion against their Greek rulers. The revolt spreads to [[Upper Egypt]].
* [[Ptolemy IV Philopator|Ptolemy IV]] dies and is succeeded by his five-year-old son [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes|Ptolemy V]]. However, no public announcement is made about the king's death.

==== China ====
* [[Xiang Yu]] defeats [[Emperor Gaozu of Han|Liu Bang]] in the [[Battle of Pengcheng]].
* [[Han Xin]] captures Feiqiu, the last holdout of [[Zhang Han (Qin dynasty)|Zhang Han]], thus completing the [[Han dynasty|Han]] conquest of the [[Three Qins]]. Zhang Han commits suicide.
* Han Xin defeats [[Wei Bao]] and conquers the kingdom of [[Wei (state)|Wei]].
* Xiang Yu besieges Liu Bang's forces in Xingyang and Chenggao.
* Han Xin begins the conquest of [[Prince of Dai|Dai]] and [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]], and he defeats Chen Yu in the [[Battle of Jingxing]].
* [[Ying Bu]], the king of [[Eighteen Kingdoms|Jiujiang]], allies with Liu Bang.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty|publisher=Algora Publishing|location=New York|year= 2011|isbn=978-0-87586-838-7|pages= 111–131}}</ref>

====Northern Asia====
* The Xiongnu leader, [[Modu Chanyu]], conquers the neighbouring nomadic [[Yuezhi]] and [[Donghu people|Donghu]] peoples, thereby establishing the [[Xiongnu Empire]]. He appoints a [[Tuqi King]] of the left (east) and a Tuqi King of the right (west) to prevent rebellions.<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu}}</ref> 
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
*[[Ptolemy IV Philopator]], Greek king of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] who has reigned from [[221 BC]] (b. c. [[238 BC]])
* [[Sima Ang]], Chinese ruler of the [[Eighteen Kingdoms]]
*[[Zhang Han (Qin dynasty)|Zhang Han]], Chinese general of the [[Qin dynasty]]

==References==
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