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Year '''228 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Ruga and Verrucosus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 526 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 228 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Carthage ====
* The [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] general [[Hamilcar Barca]] is killed in a battle in [[Hispania]], ending his lengthy campaign to conquer the [[Iberian Peninsula]] for Carthage. In eight years, by force of arms and diplomacy, he has secured an extensive territory in the [[Iberian Peninsula]], but his death in battle prevents him from completing the conquest. Command of his army in the Iberian Peninsula passes to his son-in-law [[Hasdrubal the Fair|Hasdrubal]].
* Hasdrubal makes immediate policy changes, emphasizing the use of diplomatic rather than military methods for expanding Carthaginian Hispania and dealing with Rome. He founds [[Carthago Nova]] or New Carthage (modern [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]) as his capital city.

==== Asia Minor ====
* King [[Attalus I Soter]] of [[Pergamum]] defeats [[Antiochus Hierax]] (brother of the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king [[Seleucus II Callinicus|Seleucus II]]) in three battles and thereby gains control over all the Seleucid domains in [[Anatolia]] except [[Cilicia]] in the southeast.

==== Greece ====
* The [[Illyria]]n queen [[Teuta]]'s governor, [[Demetrius of Pharos]] has little alternative but to surrender to the overwhelming [[Roman Republic|Roman]] force. In return, the Romans award him a considerable part of Teuta's holdings to counter-balance the power of Teuta. Meanwhile, the Roman army lands further north at [[Apollonia, Illyria|Apollonia]]. The combined Roman army and fleet proceed northward together, subduing one town after another and besieging [[Shkodër, Albania|Shkodra]], the Illyrian capital.
* [[Archidamus V]], brother of the murdered [[Sparta]]n King [[Agis IV]], is called back to Sparta by the [[Agiad]] King [[Cleomenes III]], who has no counterpart on the throne by then. However, Archidamus V is assassinated shortly after returning.

==== China ====
* The [[State of Qin]], its armies led by [[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]], completes the conquest of the [[State of Zhao]].
* The remnants of the Zhao monarchy form a remnant state in [[Prince of Dai|Dai]].
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== Births ==

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== Deaths ==
* [[King Ai of Chu|Ai of Chu]], king of the [[Chu (state)|Chu State]] ([[Warring States period|Warring States Period]])
* [[Archidamus V]],<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chrimes |first1=K. M. T. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2i68AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA501 |title=Ancient Sparta: A Re-examination of the Evidence |last2=Atkinson |first2=Kathleen Mary Tyrer Chrimes |date=1999 |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |isbn=978-0-7190-5741-0 |pages=501 |language=en}}</ref>  king of [[Sparta]] of the [[Eurypontid]] line
* [[Arsames I]], king of [[Armenia]], [[Sophene]] and [[Commagene]]
* [[Hamilcar Barca]], Carthaginian general who has assumed command of the Carthaginian forces in [[Sicily]] during the last years of the [[First Punic War]] with Rome, helped Carthage win the [[Mercenary War]] and brought extensive territory in the [[Iberian Peninsula]] under Carthaginian control (b. c. [[270 BC]])
* [[King You of Chu|You of Chu]], king of the Chu State (Warring States Period)

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