202 BC
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 3rd century BC - 4th century BCDecades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC
Years: 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC - 202 BC - 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC
Events
- October 19 - Scipio Africanus Major defeats Hannibal in the Battle of Zama. On Hannibal's advice, Carthage sues for peace, ending the Second Punic War. Carthage is reduced to a client state.
- The Han emperor Liu Bang moved his capital from Luoyang to Chang'an (Xian), Construction of the new capital city Chang'an started.
- The Han emperor Liu Bang gave the area of today's Fujian Province to Wuzhu as his kingdom. Wuzhu started construction of his own capital Ye (Fuzhou).
- Construction of Changsha started.