206 BC

imperial dynasty in China from 202 BC to 220 AD

year

Italica () was an ancient Roman city in Hispania; its site is close to the town of Santiponce in the province of Seville, Spain. It was founded in 206 BC by Roman general Scipio as a colonia for his Italic veterans and named after them. Italica later grew attracting new migrants from the Italian peninsula and also with the children of Roman soldiers and native women. Among the Italic settlers were a branch of the gens Ulpia from the Umbrian city of Tuder and a branch of the gens Aelia from the city of Hadria, either co-founders of the town or later migrants who arrived at an unknown time; the

Scipio Africanus’s most brilliant victory in his military career during the Second Punic War

event in 206 BCE at the Hong Gate outside Xianyang, the capital of the Qin dynasty, with Liu Bang and Xiang Yu present

206 BCE naval battle of the Second Punic War