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Centuries
:
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Decades
:
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Years
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Events
Second Punic War
:
August 2
-
Hannibal
crushes the
Romans
in the
Battle of Cannae
. As a result, a number of Italian cities allied to Rome desert to the
Carthaginian
side.
The historian
Quintus Fabius Pictor
is sent to
Delphi
to consult the
oracle
there for advice about what to do after Cannae.
The Roman general
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
holds off an attack by Hannibal in the
First Battle of Nola
.
The
consul
Marcus Terentius Varro
appoints
Marcus Fabius Buteo
as
dictator
alongside
Fabius Maximus
, an unprecedented move, but Buteo resigned after choosing new members for the
Senate
(which had been depleted by battle casualties).
Births
Deaths
Lucius Aemilius Paullus
,
consul
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