Year 211 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Maximus (or, less frequently...
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The siege of Capua was fought in 211 BC, when the Romans besieged Capua. It is described by Polybius at 9.4-7, by Livy at 26.4-6, and by Appian at 37-44...
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Second Punic War (category 200s BC conflicts)
lodgement in north-east Iberia in 218 BC; the Carthaginians repeatedly attempted and failed to reduce it. In 211 the Romans took the offensive in Iberia...
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Punic Wars (section First Punic War, 264–241 BC)
During 216 BC the Macedonian king, Philip V, pledged his support to Hannibal, initiating the First Macedonian War against Rome in 215 BC. In 211 BC Rome contained...
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Hannibal's March on Rome occurred in 211 BC during the Second Punic War; the Carthaginian leader Hannibal marched by surprise with his army towards Rome...
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Quinarius (category 211 BC)
introduction of the denarius in 211 BC. At this time the quinarius was valued at 5 asses. The coin was reintroduced in 101 BC as a replacement for the victoriatus...
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Hannibal (category 3rd-century BC Punic people)
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...
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Denarius (category 211 BC)
standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War c. 211 BC to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced...
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in the Second Punic War (211 BC), but to its submission to Rome in 338 BC. This places the date of foundation at about 600 BC, while Etruscan power was...
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Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic and the father of Scipio Africanus. A member of the Cornelia gens...
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proposition. In 211 BC, he was made urban praetor and at the expiration of his year of office he made promagistrate of Etruria. In 209 BC, he was commanded...
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BC, the female priestly office of "basket bearer" (kanēphóros) for the "Sibling Goddess" (thea adelphos) Arsinoe II was established, followed in 211 BC...
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(b. c. 287 BC) Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Roman consul from 215 to 213 BC Xerxes of Armenia (assassinated by his wife Antiochia) 211 BC Arsaces I,...
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Appius Claudius Pulcher (died 211 BC) was a Roman general and politician of the 3rd century BC, active in the Second Punic War. He was the son of Publius...
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from 211 BC to the 3rd century AD 𐆙 Dupondius coin used during the Roman Empire and Roman Republic 𐆗 Quinarius coin used in Ancient Rome from 211 BC to...
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Parthian Empire (category States and territories established in the 3rd century BC)
211 BC. Yet Curtis and Brosius state that Arsaces II was the immediate successor of Arsaces I, with Curtis claiming the succession took place in 211 BC...
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Roman currency (section Roman Republic: c. 500 – 27 BC)
backbone of the Roman economy from its introduction a few years before 211 BC until it ceased to be normally minted in the middle of the third century...
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Arsaces (category Articles containing Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)-language text)
Kings of this name include: Arsaces I of Parthia, c. 247–211 BC Arsaces II of Parthia, c. 211–191 BC, in older sequences known as 'Artabanus I' Arsaces of...
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Hasdrubal Barca (redirect from Carthaginian general Hasdrubal d. 207 B.C.)
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...
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Gaius Claudius Nero (category 3rd-century BC Roman consuls)
BC, he was praetor in 212 BC, propraetor in 211 BC during the siege of Capua, before being sent to Spain that same year. He became consul in 207 BC....
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"dēnārius," a silver coin of ancient Rome, which was first minted about c. 211 BC. The Kushan Empire introduced a gold coin known as the dīnāra in India in...
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tribune 395 BC) Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina (c. 260 BC–after 211 BC), consul in 221 BC Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC) (d. 211 BC) Publius Cornelius...
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the Warring States period (481 BC – 403 BC) and the Qin state (9th century BC – 221 BC) and dynasty (221 BC – 206 BC). Early Warring States period Qin...
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Battle of the Upper Baetis (category 211 BC)
double battle, comprising the battles of Castulo and Ilorca, fought in 211 BC during the Second Punic War between a Carthaginian force led by Hasdrubal...
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Battle of Cannae (redirect from Battle of Cannae (216 BC))
the victories at Trasimene (217 BC) and Cannae, and the fact that he first attacked Rome only five years later in 211 BC, suggests that his strategic aim...
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211 AD is a year of the Common Era. 211 may also refer to: 211 (number) 211 BC, a year Before the Common Era 211 Isolda, a Main-Belt asteroid, the 211st...
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Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina (category 260 BC births)
Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina (c. 260 BC – after 211 BC) was a Roman politician and general who served as consul in 221 BC, and as such campaigned against the...
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(conspirator) Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 180 BC) Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 67 BC) Gaius Calpurnius Piso (praetor 211 BC) Gaius Calpurnius Piso Crassus Frugi...
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Battle of New Carthage (redirect from Battle of Cartagena (207 BC))
a garrison under Mago. The battle was part of the Second Punic War. In 211 BC the Romans in Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) were heavily defeated at...
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was set at 2 obols per day, or one-third of a drachma (one denarius after 211 BC), for the period they were under arms. In addition, each infantryman was...
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