201 BC

201 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	201 BC ; CC BC
Ab urbe condita	553
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty , 123
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy V Epiphanes , 3
Ancient Greek era	144th Olympiad , year 4
Assyrian calendar	4550
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	?793
Berber calendar	750
Buddhist calendar	344
Burmese calendar	?838
Byzantine calendar	5308?5309
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig ) ; 2496 or 2436 ; ? to ? ; 庚子年 (Metal Rat ) ; 2497 or 2437
Coptic calendar	?484 ? ?483
Discordian calendar	966
Ethiopian calendar	?208 ? ?207
Hebrew calendar	3560?3561
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	?144 ? ?143
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2900?2901
Holocene calendar	9800
Iranian calendar	822 BP ? 821 BP
Islamic calendar	847 BH ? 846 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2133
Minguo calendar	2112 before ROC ; 民前2112年
Nanakshahi calendar	?1668
Seleucid era	111/112 AG
Thai solar calendar	342?343
Tibetan calendar	?土猪年 ; (female Earth- Pig ) ; ?74 or ?455 or ?1227 ; ? to ? ; ?金鼠年 ; (male Iron- Rat ) ; ?73 or ?454 or ?1226

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Millennium :	1st millennium BC
Centuries :	4th century BC ? 3rd century BC ? 2nd century BC
Decades :	230s BC 220s BC 210s BC ? 200s BC ? 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC
Years :	204 BC 203 BC 202 BC ? 201 BC ? 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC

201 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar .

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On Hannibal 's advice , Carthage asks for peace with the Romans . This ends the Second Punic War . Carthage is made a client state of Rome .
After peace with Rome, Hannibal is elected as suffet , or chief magistrate , of Carthage. The office was insignificant in Carthaginian politics, but Hannibal makes it powerful.

Philip V of Macedon captures Samos and the Egyptian fleet stationed there. He then makes war on Chios to the north.
Rhodes and its allies Pergamum , Cyzicus , and Byzantium combine their fleets and defeat Philip V in the Battle of Chios . His flagship is trapped and rammed by two enemy ships.
The Spartan king, Nabis , once more invades and captures Messene . The Spartans leave when the Achaean League army of Philopoemen helps. Nabis' forces are defeated at Tegea by Philopoemen.

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