204 BC

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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC
Decades: 230s BC  220s BC  210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC  180s BC  170s BC 
Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC - 204 BC - 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC
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204 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 204 BC
Ab urbe condita 550
Armenian calendar N/A
Bahá'í calendar -2047 – -2046
Berber calendar 747
Buddhist calendar 341
Burmese calendar -841
Chinese calendar 2433/2493
([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
— to —
2434/2494
([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年)
Coptic calendar -487 – -486
Ethiopian calendar -211 – -210
Hebrew calendar 3557 – 3558
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat -148 – -147
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2898 – 2899
Holocene calendar 9797
Iranian calendar 825 BP – 824 BP
Islamic calendar 850 BH – 849 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar 2130
Thai solar calendar 340
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[edit] Carthage

  • Having lost his alliance with the Numidian chief Masinissa, the Carthaginian general, Hasdrubal Gisco, finds a new ally in the Numidian king Syphax, who marries Sophonisba, Hasdrubal's daughter, whom until his defection to Rome has been betrothed to Masinissa.
  • Roman forces under Publius Cornelius Scipio besiege Utica in Carthaginia. Scipio is unable to stop the combined forces of the Carthaginians under Hasdrubal Gisco and the Numidians under their chief, Syphax, and he is forced to lift his siege of Utica.

[edit] Egypt

  • The late Egyptian King Ptolemy IV's clique of favourites, led by Sosibius, Ptolemy's chief minister, keeps Ptolemy's death a secret, fearing retribution from the new king Ptolemy V's mother, Queen Arsinoe III. They arrange for the murder of Arsinoe, and then the five-year-old king is officially elevated to the throne with Sosibius as his guardian. Arsinoe has been popular with the Egyptian population so rioting follows the news of her assassination.

[edit] Roman Republic

  • The Battle of Crotona is fought between Hannibal's Carthaginian army, and a Roman force led by Publius Sempronius Tuditanus, with no decisive outcome for either side.

[edit] Seleucid Empire

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