201 BC

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

 Events 
 By place 
 Carthage 
 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. 

 Roman Republic 
 The Romans remove the Carthaginians from Malta.
 In Rome, land is given to veterans of the Second Punic War. 

 Greece 
 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.

 China 
 The construction of Nanchang begins.

 Deaths 

 Gnaeus Naevius, Latin epic poet and dramatist (b. c. 264 BC)

Category:200s BC