208 BC - Deaths

Deaths

  • Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman general who has captured Syracuse during the Second Punic War and has become known as "the sword of Rome" (b. 268 BC)
  • Li Si, Chinese philosopher and politician (assassinated) (b. 280 BC)


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