Year 206 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philo and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 548 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 206 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
206 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar206 BC
CCVI BC
Ab urbe condita548
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 118
- PharaohPtolemy IV Philopator, 16
Ancient Greek era143rd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4545
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−798
Berber calendar745
Buddhist calendar339
Burmese calendar−843
Byzantine calendar5303–5304
Chinese calendar甲午年 (Wood Horse)
2492 or 2285
    — to —
乙未年 (Wood Goat)
2493 or 2286
Coptic calendar−489 – −488
Discordian calendar961
Ethiopian calendar−213 – −212
Hebrew calendar3555–3556
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−149 – −148
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2895–2896
Holocene calendar9795
Iranian calendar827 BP – 826 BP
Islamic calendar852 BH – 851 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2128
Minguo calendar2117 before ROC
民前2117年
Nanakshahi calendar−1673
Seleucid era106/107 AG
Thai solar calendar337–338
Tibetan calendar阳木马年
(male Wood-Horse)
−79 or −460 or −1232
    — to —
阴木羊年
(female Wood-Goat)
−78 or −459 or −1231

Events

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By place

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Roman Republic

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Carthage

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  • Hasdrubal Gisco retreats to the coast and then crosses to North Africa, where he gives his daughter in marriage to Syphax, king of the Numidian Masaesyli tribe, to formalize their military alliance.
  • After being an ally of Carthage and fighting with them, Numidian chieftain, Masinissa switches sides when the Carthaginians are driven from Spain and offers to assist Rome. Syphax expels his rival Masinissa and claims himself to be King of Numidia. The Romans support Masinissa's claim to the Numidian throne against Syphax, the pro-Carthaginian ruler of the Masaesyli tribe.

Persia

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Greece

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  • The war between Macedonia and Rome drags on with no decisive advantage on either side. Rome's interest lies not in conquest, but in keeping Macedon, the Greek city-states and Greek political leagues continually divided and non-threatening.
  • Philip V of Macedon is able to take advantage of Roman inactivity. After sacking Thermum, the religious and political centre of Aetolia, Philip is able to force the Aetolians to accept a peace treaty based on his terms.

China

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  • A period of civil war known as the Chu-Han contention begins.
  • Xiang Yu divides China in a power-sharing arrangement known as the Eighteen Kingdoms, with himself the de facto supreme ruler as Hegemon-King of Western Chu.
  • Xiang Yu appoints Huai II of Chu as Emperor Yi of China, but he has him assassinated later in the year.
  • Liu Bang, as the newly appointed king of Hanzhong, and his new General-in-Chief Han Xin, invade Guanzhong, defeat the king of Yong, Zhang Han, and conquer the lands of the Three Qins, thus beginning hostilities with Xiang Yu.
  • Liu Bang makes Yueyang his capital and begins to expand his realm into the Central Plain.
  • Xiang Yu campaigns against a rebellion in Qi.[1]
  • The Jian and Dao swords are created during this time (approximate date).


Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Hung, Hing Ming (2011). The Road to the Throne: How Liu Bang Founded China's Han Dynasty. pp. 73–111. ISBN 978-0875868387.