Editing 201 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Carthage ====
* On [[Hannibal]]'s [[advice (opinion)|advice]], [[Ancient Carthage|Carthage]] sues for [[Peace treaty|peace]] with the [[Roman Republic|Romans]], ending the [[Second Punic War]]. Carthage is reduced to a [[client state]] of [[Roman Republic|Rome]]. In the peace treaty between Carthage and Rome, Carthage [[Surrender (military)|surrenders]] all her [[Mediterranean]] possessions to Rome, including her [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] territories. The Carthaginians agree to pay Rome 200 [[Talent (measurement)|talents]] per year for 50 years, allow [[Masinissa]] to rule [[Numidia]] as an independent kingdom, make no war without Rome's permission, and destroy all but 10 of the Carthaginian [[warships]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* Following the conclusion of the peace with Rome, Hannibal is elected as [[suffet]], or [[chief magistrate]], of Carthage. The office has over the years become insignificant in Carthaginian politics, but Hannibal restores its power and authority. He sets out to reform the administration and finances of Carthage and reduce the power of the [[oligarchy]] which has ruled Carthage before and during the [[Second Punic War]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}

==== Roman Republic ====
* The Romans oust the Carthaginians from [[Malta]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* In [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], according to the Roman historian [[Livy]], land is distributed to veterans of the [[Second Punic War]]. This is the first documented instance of a practice that later becomes [[normality (behavior)|commonplace]].{{cn|date=February 2024}}

==== Greece ====
* [[Philip V of Macedon]] captures [[Samos]] and the [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[Naval fleet|fleet]] stationed there. He then besieges [[Chios]] to the north.<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank William|last=Walbank|title=Philip V of Macedon|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1940|oclc=491231292|page=340}}</ref>
* [[Rhodes]] and its allies [[Pergamum]], [[Cyzicus]], and [[Byzantium]] combine their fleets and defeat Philip V in the [[Battle of Chios (201 BC)|Battle of Chios]]. His flagship is trapped and rammed by two enemy ships.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
* The [[Sparta]]n king, [[Nabis of Sparta|Nabis]], once more invades and captures [[Messene]]. However, the Spartans are forced to retreat when the [[Achaean League]] army of [[Philopoemen]] intervenes. Nabis' forces are decisively defeated at [[Tegea]] by Philopoemen and Nabis is forced to check his expansionist ambitions for the time being.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

==== China ====
* The construction of city walls around [[Nanchang]] begins.<ref>{{cite book|first=Yifeng|last=Yao|title=Nanjing: Historical Landscape and Its Planning from Geographical Perspective|location=Singapore|publisher=Springer|year=2016|isbn=978-9-81101-637-0|page=47}}</ref>
* King [[Xin of Han]], in alliance with [[Modu Chanyu]] of the [[Xiongnu]], launches a rebellion against the [[Han dynasty]] in the [[Taiyuan Commandery]]. He is defeated by [[Emperor Gaozu of Han]] and his generals, who chase Xin of Han into Xiongnu territory.{{cn|date=February 2024}}
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