Fabian strategy adopted
217 BCE · Event
Dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator' wears Hannibal down by avoiding pitched battle; origin of the Fabian doctrine.
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Around 217 BCE
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Great Wall of China (Qin) (221 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Han open the Silk Road (130 BCE)
- Terracotta Army buried (210 BCE)
- Great Wall first connected under Qin (215 BCE)