200s BC (decade)

This article concerns the 200 BC decade, that lasted from 209 BC to 200 BC.

Births

208 BC

Liu Ruyi, Chinese prince and only son of the first Han emperor Liu Bang (d. 194 BC)
Polybius, Greek historian, famous for his book called "The Histories" or "The Rise of the Roman Empire", covering in detail the period between 220 and 146 BC (d. 120 BC)

200 BC

209 BC

208 BC

Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general who has captured Syracuse during the Second Punic War and has become known as "the sword of Rome" (b. 268 BC)
Li Si, Chinese philosopher and politician (assassinated) (b. 280 BC)

207 BC

June 22 – Hasdrubal Barca, Carthaginian general in the Second Punic War (b. 245 BC)
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- An Dương Vương, King of Nam Việt since 257 BC
- Chrysippus, Greek philosopher from Soloi who was the principal systematiser of Stoic philosophy (b. c. 280 BC)
- Hasdrubal Barca, Carthaginian general who has unsuccessfully attempted to sustain Carthage's military ascendancy on the Spanish peninsula in the face of Roman attacks (b. 245 BC)
- Machanidas, Spartan general and regent (killed in the battle of Mantinea)
- Qin Er Shi, Emperor of the Qin dynasty of China (assassinated) (b. 229 BC)
- Simuka, Indian king from 230 BC and the founder of the Satavahana dynasty (b. 230 BC)^{[citation needed]}
- Zhao Gao, Chief eunuch in the service of the Emperors of the Qin dynasty of China (assassinated)

206 BC

205 BC

Ptolemy IV Philopator, Greek king of Egypt who has reigned from 221 BC (b. c. 238 BC)
Sima Ang, Chinese ruler of the Eighteen Kingdoms
Zhang Han, Chinese general of the Qin dynasty

204 BC

Arsinoe III, queen of Egypt, sister and wife of Ptolemy IV (assassinated) (b. c. 246 BC)
Dong Yi, Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty and conferred with the title of "King of Di"
Fan Zeng, Chinese adviser during the Chu-Han Contention (206–202 BC) (b. 277 BC)
Gong Ao, Chinese ruler of the Eighteen Kingdoms during the Chu-Han Contention
Hanno the Elder, Carthaginian general executed by Scipio Africanus
Ji Xin, Chinese general during the Chu-Han Contention
Li Yiji, Chinese politician and adviser (b. 268 BC)
Long Ju, Chinese general and Grand Marshal
Ptolemy IV Philopator, king (Pharaoh) of Egypt
Sima Xin, Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty

203 BC

Mago Barca, Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War against Rome who has accompanied his brother Hannibal on the invasion of Italy (b. 243 BC)
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Roman general and statesman whose cautious delaying tactics (which have led to his surname Cunctator, meaning "delayer") during the early stages of the Second Punic War have given Rome time to recover its strength and take the offensive against the invading Carthaginian army of Hannibal (b. c. 275 BC)
Syphax, Numidian king allied with the Carthaginians during the Second Punic War against Rome

202 BC

Hasdrubal Gisco, Carthaginian general who has fought against Rome in Iberia and North Africa during the Second Punic War, customarily identified as the son of Gisco (suicide)
Xiang Yu, rebel leader against the Qin dynasty and nemesis of Liu Bang in the Chu–Han Contention (b. 232 BC)

201 BC

Gnaeus Naevius, Latin epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period, who invented a new genre of written historical plays called fabulae praetextae, which are based on Roman historical or legendary figures and events (b. c. 264 BC).^[1]
Zhongli Mo, Chinese general during the Chu–Han Contention.^{[citation needed]}

200 BC

^ Thorburn, John E. (2005). The Facts On File Companion to Classical Drama. New York: Facts On File. p. 361. ISBN 978-0-81607-498-3.