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Year202 BC was a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Geminus and Nero (or, less frequently,year 552Ab urbe condita). The denomination 202 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
October 19 – TheBattle of Zama (130 kilometers south-west of Carthage) ends theSecond Punic War and largely destroys the power of Carthage. Roman andNumidian forces under the leadership of the Roman generalPublius Cornelius Scipio and his Numidian ally,Masinissa, defeat a combined army of Carthaginians and their Numidian allies under the command ofHannibal and force Carthage to capitulate. Hannibal loses 20,000 men in the defeat, but he is able to escape Masinissa's pursuit.[1]
Following theBattle of Zama, the Roman generalPublius Cornelius Scipio gains the cognomen "Africanus" in honour of his feats in North Africa against Carthage.
Agathocles rule provokes Tlepolemus, the governor ofPelusium (Egypt's eastern frontier city), into action. Tlepolemus marches onAlexandria, where his supporters rouse a mob, compelling Agathocles to resign.
The Egyptian boy king,Ptolemy V, is encouraged by a mob clamouring for revenge against the murderers of his motherArsinoe III to agree to Agathocles being killed. As a result, the mob searches out and butchers Agathocles and his family. Tlepolemus takes Agathocles' place as regent. However, he soon proves to be incompetent and is removed.
During this period of confusion and change amongst Egypt’s leadership, armies under theSeleucid king,Antiochus III, make serious inroads into the Egyptian territories inCoele-Syria.
