Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC
Decades:	230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC
Years:	216 BC 215 BC 214 BC 213 BC 212 BC 211 BC 210 BC

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213 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	213 BC CCXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	541
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 111
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IV Philopator, 9
Ancient Greek era	141st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4538
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−805
Berber calendar	738
Buddhist calendar	332
Burmese calendar	−850
Byzantine calendar	5296–5297
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 2485 or 2278 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 2486 or 2279
Coptic calendar	−496 – −495
Discordian calendar	954
Ethiopian calendar	−220 – −219
Hebrew calendar	3548–3549
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−156 – −155
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2888–2889
Holocene calendar	9788
Iranian calendar	834 BP – 833 BP
Islamic calendar	860 BH – 859 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2121
Minguo calendar	2124 before ROC 民前2124年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1680
Seleucid era	99/100 AG
Thai solar calendar	330–331
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) −86 or −467 or −1239 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) −85 or −466 or −1238

Year 213 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Gracchus (or, less frequently, year 541 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 213 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

By place

Seleucid Empire

In alliance with Attalus I of Pergamum, Antiochus III finally captures the rebel king of Anatolia, Achaeus, in his capital, Sardis, after a siege of two years. Antiochus III then has Achaeus executed.

Roman Republic

Casilinum and Arpi are recovered by the Romans from Hannibal.

Sicily

Archimedes's war machines repel the Roman army that is invading Syracuse.

China

Emperor Qin Shi Huang and Prime Minister Li Si order all Confucian writings destroyed in the burning of books and burying of scholars.

Deaths

Aratus of Sicyon, Greek statesman, general and advocate of Greek unity, who, for many years, has been the leader of the Achaean League (b. 271 BC)
Achaeus, Seleucid general and later separatist ruler of most of Anatolia until his defeat and execution by the Seleucid king Antiochus III