A Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ) Chinese miniature model of two residential towers joined by a bridge

The earliest known settlement at this location was the Ancient Greek city of Cius, which Philip V of Macedon granted to Prusias, the King of Bithynia, in 202 BC.

The Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – AD 220 ) emerged in 206 BC, with its founder Liu Bang proclaimed emperor in 202 BC.

Handheld crossbows with complex bronze trigger mechanisms have also been found with the Terracotta Army in the tomb of Qin Shihuang ( r. 221 – 210 BC ) that are similar to specimens from the subsequent Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ), while crossbowmen described in the Qin and Han Dynasty learned drill formations, some were even mounted as cavalry units, and Han Dynasty writers attributed the success of numerous battles against the Xiongnu to massed crossbow fire.

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* 202 BC – coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China.

Sima Qian ( 145-86 BC ), a Prefect of the Grand Scribes ( 太史令 ) of the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ), is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of his universal history, the Records of the Grand Historian ( 史記 ).

In 202 BC, Hannibal met Scipio in a fruitless peace conference.

Image: Guardians of Day and Night, Han Dynasty. jpg | Paintings on tile of guardian spirits donned in Chinese robes, from the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD )

Artwork during this period and the subsequent Qin Dynasty ( 221-207 BC ) and Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ) was made not as a means in and of itself or for higher personal expression.

* 202 BC – Second Punic War: At the Battle of Zama, Roman legions under Scipio Africanus defeat Hannibal Barca, leader of the army defending Carthage.

Before the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – 220 AD ), Chinese ploughs were made almost entirely of wood, except the iron blade of the ploughshare.

* 206 BC – 202 BC: Civil war of the Chu-Han contention in China after the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

* 202 BC: Romans defeat Carthaginians, ending the Second Punic War.

* Han Dynasty of China was founded ( 202 BC – 220 AD ).

* Emperor Gaozu of Han, founder of the Han Dynasty in China, ( 256 BC – 195 BC, reigned 202 BC – 195 BC )

For example, Saturninus ' " How well the tribune speaks to calm my thoughts " ( 1. 1. 46 ); Tamora's vow to slaughter the Andronici at 1. 1. 450 – 455 ( thus absolving Saturninus from any involvement ); Aaron's soliloquy in 2. 1 ; Aaron's " Ay, and as good as Saturninus may " ( 2. 1. 91 ); Aaron's soliloquy in 2. 3 ; Tamora's " Now will I hence to seek my lovely Moor ,/ And let my spleenful sons this trull deflower " ( 2. 3. 190 – 191 ); Aaron's two asides in 3. 1 ( ll. 187 – 190 and 201 – 202 ); Lucius ' " Now will I to the Goths and raise a power ,/ To be revenged on Rome and Saturnine " ( 3. 1. 298 – 299 ); Marcus ' " O, heavens, can you hear a good man groan " speech ( 4. 1. 122 – 129 ); Young Lucius ' asides in 4. 2 ( ll. 6 and 8 – 9 ); Aaron's " Now to the Goths, as swift as swallow flies ,/ There to dispose this treasure in mine arms ,/ And secretly to greet the Empress ' friends " ( 4. 2. 172 – 174 ); and Tamora's " Now will I to that old Andronicus ,/ And temper him with all the art I have ,/ To pluck proud Lucius from the warlike Goths " ( 4. 4. 107 – 109 ).

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He is most famous for his role as a Roman ally in the Battle of Zama ( 202 BC ) in Ancient Algeria which ended the war and as husband of Sophonisba, a Carthaginian noblewoman whom he allowed to poison herself to avoid being paraded in a triumph in Rome.

## Stoic Rome: 508 – 202 BC

His royal friend became ( probably after 202, i. e. after his visit and honourable reception at Rome ) the first Christian king ; and both king and philosopher laboured to create the first Christian State.

* Yuan Shao, major warlord who ruled Northern China until defeated by Cao Cao ( d. 202 )

On January 3, Pelosi defeated Republican John Boehner of Ohio with 233 votes compared to his 202 votes in the election for Speaker of the House.

Liu Bang's forces defeated Xiang Yu at the Battle of Gaixia in 202 BC and Xiang committed suicide.

* 204 / 202 BC: Scipio Africanus Major invades Africa, Hannibal recalled and defeated: Battle of Zama

* 202 / 196 BC: Philip V of Macedon defeated: Second Macedonian War

Bombay defeated Haryana by an innings and 202 runs in the pre quarter final but ran into trouble against Karnataka in the next round.

The two generals faced one another at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, where Hannibal faced a smaller Roman force and was nonetheless defeated.

Liu Bang eventually defeated Xiang Yu at the Battle of Gaixia in 202 BC and unified China under his rule.

On 15 June 2010, the House of Commons voted to create a Backbench Business Committee, and one week later, Engel defeated Sir Alan Haselhurst 202 to 173 in a secret ballot of MPs to become its first chair.

" Carthage is accessible by the special password SCIPIO ( from who defeated Hannibal of Carthage in 202 B. C .).

The region produced figures such as Christian Church writer Tertullian ( c. 155 – c. 202 ); and Christian Church martyrs or leading figures such as Perpetua and Felicity ( martyrs, c. 200 CE ); St Cyprian of Carthage (+ 258 ); St. Monica ; her son the philosopher St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo I (+ 430 ) ( 1 ); and St Julia of Carthage ( 5th century.

* Lucius Baebius, one of the ambassadors sent by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus to Carthage in 202 BC.

Among the persons whose writings form the basis for Patristics, i. e. prominent early Church Fathers, are Justin Martyr ( c. 100-c. 165 ), Irenaeus of Lyons ( c. 120-c. 202 ), Clement of Alexandria ( c. 150-c. 215 ), Tertullian ( c. 160-c. 225 ), Origen ( c. 185-c. 254 ), Cyprian of Carthage ( d. 258 ), Athanasius ( c. 296-c. 373 ), Gregory of Nazianzus ( 329-389 ), Basil of Caesarea ( c. 330-379 ), Gregory of Nyssa ( c. 330-c. 395 ) Theodore of Mopsuestia ( c. 350-428 ), Augustine of Hippo ( 354-430 ), Pelagius, Vincent of Lérins ( d. bef.

Hispania came under Roman control with the fall of Carthage after the Second Punic War ( 218 – 202 BCE ).

Finally, in April 1944, leukemia was diagnosed, but by this time, little could be done ( Chalmers 1995, 202 – 207 ).

Before whaling, the largest population was in the Antarctic, numbering approximately 239, 000 ( range 202, 000 to 311, 000 ).

In 2008, most of the € 202. 5 million received by the organization was donated by about 2. 6 million regular supporters, mainly from Europe.

Irenaeus, ( c. 130 – 202 ) in his Against Heresies ( 1: 25 ; 6 ) says scornfully of the Gnostic Carpocratians, " They also possess images, some of them painted, and others formed from different kinds of material ; while they maintain that a likeness of Christ was made by Pilate at that time when Jesus lived among them.

Johnny Unitas threw for 202 yards and was intercepted once, but the Colts ground out a 16-14 win.

St. Irenaeus (; Greek: ), ( 2nd century AD – c. 202 ) was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire ( now Lyons, France ).

As of 2011, the population estimate was 463, 202 with a metro area of 2. 1 million.

As of 2004, the total length of the non-toll road network was reported to be 202, 860 km, with the following breakdown according to type:

It was not until the Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ) that astronomers started to observe and record names for all the stars that were apparent ( to the naked eye ) in the night sky, not just those around the ecliptic.

Green Bay quarterback Bart Starr was named the Super Bowl MVP for the second time for his 13 of 24 passing for 202 yards and one touchdown.

He was surprised to hear them offer $ 10, 000, ($ 202, 000 USD 2010 ) which he gratefully accepted.

Year 202 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Year 202 ( CCII ) was a common year starting on Friday ( link will display the full calendar ) of the Julian calendar.

Although the founders of the Tang related to the glory of the earlier Han Dynasty ( 202 BC-220 AD ), the basis for much of their administrative organization was very similar to the previous Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The population density was 3, 202. 0 people per square mile ( 1, 236. 4 / km² ).

The entry-level 202 was built in series from 1938 to 1942, and about 20 more examples were built from existing stocks of supplies in February 1945.

Thus one writer alleges that Johnson's campaign manager, future Texas governor John B. Connally, was connected with 202 ballots in Precinct 13 in Jim Wells County that had curiously been cast in alphabetical order and just at the close of polling, with all of the people whose names appeared on the ballots being dead on election day.

The per capita income for the county was $ 16, 202.

In 2003, the total number of khat annual permits was 294 and the total number of individual khat permits was 202.

The Song Dynasty supported a widespread postal service that was modeled on the earlier Han Dynasty ( 202 BC – AD 220 ) postal system to provide swift communication throughout the empire.

This amendment was ratified in 1992, more than 202 years after Congress submitted it to the states for ratification.