Editing 209 BC

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Year '''209 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 Verrucosus and Flaccus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 545 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 209 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 ===
==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Roman Republic|Romans]] under [[Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus]] capture [[Taranto|Tarentum]] (modern [[Taranto]]), which the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general [[Hannibal]] has held for three years.
* The [[Battle of Canusium]] is fought between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and a Roman force led by [[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]]. The battle is indecisive.
* From his [[headquarters]] at [[Tarraco]] ([[Tarragona]]), [[Scipio Africanus|Publius Cornelius Scipio]], the Roman commander in [[Spain]], launches a combined military and naval assault on the Carthaginian headquarters at [[Carthago Nova]] (modern-day [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]). He successfully besieges and captures the city. In capturing this city, Scipio gains access to copious stores and supplies, Spanish hostages, the local silver mines, a splendid [[harbour]] and a base for an advance further south.

==== Seleucid Empire ====
* The King of the [[Parthia]]ns, [[Arsaces II]], is attacked by the [[Seleucid]] king [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]], who takes [[Hecatompylos]] (southeast of the [[Caspian Sea]]), the Arsacid capital and Syrinx in [[Hyrcania]]. Antiochus III defeats Arsaces II at the [[Battle of Mount Labus]] and then forces Arsaces II to enter into an alliance with the Seleucids.

==== Greece ====
* As [[strategos]] of the [[Achaea]]ns, the Greek general [[Philopoemen]] is responsible for turning the [[Achaean League]] into an aggressive military power. He builds up the League's military capability. The Achaean League's army and cavalry under Philopoemen then defeat the Aetolians on the [[Elean]] frontier.

==== China ====
*[[Jiao, Lord of Wey]] is deposed by Emperor [[Qin Er Shi]], marking the end of the state of [[Wey (state)|Wei]]
*In August, [[Chen Sheng]] and [[Wu Guang]] begin an uprising to oppose [[Qin dynasty|Qin]]
*The rebels restore the monarchies of [[Chu (state)|Chu]], [[Qi (state)|Qi]], [[Yan (state)|Yan]], [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]], Wei and (in 208) [[Han (Warring States)|Han]].
*The Qin general [[Zhang Han (Qin dynasty)|Zhang Han]] defeats an invasion of [[Guanzhong]] by the rebel general Zhou Wen.
*Wu Guang is killed by his own officers, and Zhang Han defeats Chen Sheng, who is killed by an attendant while in flight.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty|year= 2011|isbn=978-0875868387|pages= 21–32}}</ref>
* Having helped to conquer [[Baiyue]] in northern Vietnam and southern China for the [[Qin dynasty]], the general [[Zhao Tuo]] uses the rebellions against the Qin to establish his own independent kingdom in [[Nanyue]], and conquers the neighboring provinces of Guilin and Xiang. He declares himself King Wu of [[Nanyue]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|page= 175}}</ref>

==== Central Asia ====
* [[Modu Shanyu|Modun khaan]] inherits [[Toumen|Teoman's]] [[Xiongnu|Hunnu]] confederations and founds the [[Xiongnu Empire]] in [[Mongolia proper]]. Modu's forces push into Northern China, threatening the [[Qin dynasty|Qin Empire]] and forcing them to further fortify the [[Great Wall of China|Great Wall]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
*[[Touman]], [[chanyu]] of the [[Xiongnu|Xiongnu Empire]]. (Killed by his successor)

== References ==
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