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Forces loyal to the warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan decisively repelled Cao Cao in an attempted invasion across the Yangtze River.
The Battle of Baecula was a major field battle in Iberia during the Second Punic War. Roman Republican and Iberian auxiliary forces under the command of Scipio Africanus routed the Carthaginian army of Hasdrubal Barca.
In 208 the consuls Claudius Marcellus and Quinctius Crispinus were ambushed and killed near Venusia.
Li was executed on charges of treason. Zhao Gao, who had framed him, was appointed chancellor in his stead.
