Year 212 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Pulcher (or, less frequently...

The siege of Syracuse by the Roman Republic took place in 213–212 BC. The Romans successfully stormed the Hellenistic city of Syracuse after a protracted...

The first Battle of Herdonia was fought in 212 BC during the Second Punic War between Hannibal's Carthaginian army and Roman forces led by Praetor Gnaeus...

The Battle of Tarentum in March 212 BC was a military engagement in the Second Punic War. The Romans had been waiting for a chance to strike at Capua,...

out in 212 BC, and ended inconclusively in 205 BC. Philip continued to wage war against Pergamum and Rhodes for control of the Aegean (204–200 BC) and ignored...

from BC and EF. I say that as GC is to AA', so EH is to AA', BC, DD'. For let FK be made equal to BC, and FL to DD'. And since FK is equal to BC, of which...

property qualification. By early 215 BC they were fielding at least 12 legions; by 214 BC, 18; and by 213 BC, 22. By 212 BC the full complement of the legions...

Capua fell. In 212 BC, Marcellus conquered Syracuse and the Romans destroyed the Carthaginian army in Sicily in 211–210 BC. In 210 BC, the Romans entered...

Archimedes of Syracuse (/ˌɑːrkɪˈmiːdiːz/ AR-kim-EE-deez; c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor...

used to burn attacking Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse (c. 213–212 BC). It does not appear in the surviving works of Archimedes and is described...

Claudius Marcellus, having charge of the fleet and the camp at Leontini. In 212 BC, he was elected consul, and in conjunction with his colleague Quintus Fulvius...

Pontimus, a soldier from 212 BC during the Siege of Syracuse. Nasser Memarzia as Archimedes, a brilliant scientist from 212 BC Syracuse and inventor of...

Battle of Beneventum was fought between Carthage and the Roman Republic in 212 BC during the Second Punic War. During this conflict, Hanno, son of Bomilcar...

When the Romans conquered the city of Syracuse after the siege of 214–212 BC, the Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus gave the order to retrieve...

000 Numidian cavalry. The Roman commanders captured Saguntum in 212 BC and in 211 BC hired 20,000 Celtiberian mercenaries to reinforce their army. Observing...

property qualification. By early 215 BC they were fielding at least 12 legions; by 214 BC 18; and by 213 BC 22. By 212 BC the full complement of the legions...

(221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia. The walls were built of rammed earth, constructed using forced labour, and by 212 BC ran from...

Archimedes (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) is the eponym of all of the things (and topics) listed below. Archimedean absolute value Archimedean circle Archimedean...

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The First Battle of Capua was fought in 212 BC between Hannibal and two Roman consular armies. The Roman force was led by two consuls, Quintus Fulvius...

the city of Byzantium. His successor on the throne was Cavarus under whom Tylis was destroyed by the Thracians in 212 BC. Polybius IV 46. v t e v t e...

Roman siege of 214–212 BC. Literary figures included Theocritus and others. Hiero's successor, the young Hieronymus (ruled from 215 BC), broke the alliance...

BC) Achaeus, Seleucid general and later separatist ruler of most of Anatolia until his defeat and execution by the Seleucid king Antiochus III 212 BC...

BC, and he died sometime not long thereafter. Quintus Fulvius Flaccus was one of the three candidates for the position of Pontifex Maximus c. 212 BC,...

city of Tarentum that had betrayed them in the first Battle of Tarentum in 212 BC. This time the commander of the city, Carthalo, turned against the Carthaginians...

4th century BC – State leaders in the 2nd century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 3rd century BC (300–201 BC). Cyrene (complete...

who describes two battles taking place in the span of two years (in 212 BC and 210 BC) at the same place (Herdonia) between Hannibal and Roman commanders...

(Greek: Περσεύς, romanized: Perséus; c. 212 – 166 BC) was king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon from 179 until 168 BC. He is widely regarded as the last king...

and poet (d. 170 BC) Wen, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (d. 157 BC) Abdissares, king of Sophene (Armenian Kingdom) from 212 BC Euthydemus I, king...

praetor urbanus with the additional jurisdiction of the praetor peregrinus in 212 BC. He presided over the first ludi Apollinares, thereby instituting an annual...