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Events
By place
Rome
- Second Punic War:
- Scipio Africanus Major destroyed the combined Carthaginian army of Mago Barca and Hasdrubal Gisco in the Battle of Ilipa, thus ending Carthaginian hold in Spain.
- Mago evacuates the remaining Carthaginian troops in Spain, and sails for the Balearic Islands.
- Scipio Africanus Major returns to Rome, while his soldiers found the Spanish town Italica.
Asia
- Ziying, last ruler of the Qin Dynasty of China surrenders himself to Liu Bang, leader of a popular revolt. This marks the end of the Qin Dynasty. The principality that would later become the Han Dynasty is established by Liu.
- Gojoseon fell in Korean peninsula.
- Kingdom Nanyue established itself in Fanyu (Guangzhou, or Canton)
- The Chinese play a kickball game called tsu-chu, the ancestor of modern soccer.