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| 215 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 215 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 539 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2058 – -2057 |
| Bengali calendar | -807 |
| Berber calendar | 736 |
| Buddhist calendar | 330 |
| Burmese calendar | -852 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5294 – 5295 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2422/2482) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2423/2483) |
| Coptic calendar | -498 – -497 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -222 – -221 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3546 – 3547 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -159 – -158 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2887 – 2888 |
| Holocene calendar | 9786 |
| Iranian calendar | 836 BP – 835 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 862 BH – 861 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2119 |
| Thai solar calendar | 329 |
Events
By place
Carthage
- The Carthaginians fail to recapture Sardinia.
Spain
- The Carthaginian general, Hannibal, is denied any reinforcements from Spain for his forces now based in Italy by the activities of the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, who, in a battle at Dertosa near the Ebro River effectively stop the Carthaginian general, Hasdrubal's attempt to break through to Italy.
Roman Republic
- The Roman law, Lex Oppia, is instituted by Gaius Oppius, a tribune of the plebs during the consulship of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus. The Lex Oppia is the first of a series of sumptuary laws introduced in Rome. It not only restricts women's wealth, but also their displaying it.
- The Roman consul, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, is surprised and killed by Hannibal's forces. The Roman general, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, again repulses an attack by Hannibal on the city of Nola.
- Hannibal's forces occupy the cities of Tarentum, Heraclea and Thurii. However, Hannibal is unable to prevent the Romans from besieging Capua.
Greece
- Philip V of Macedon and Hannibal negotiate an alliance under which they pledge mutual support and defence. Specifically, they agree to support each other against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini and Atintania and to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all his lands currently controlled by Rome.
Seleucid Empire
- The Seleucid king, Antiochus III, crosses the Taurus, uniting his forces with Attalus of Pergamum and, in one campaign, deprives his rebel general, Achaeus, of all his dominions and takes Sardis (with the exception of the citadel).
Births
- Antiochus IV Epiphanes, king of the Seleucid Empire (d. 164 BC) (approximate date)
Deaths
- Hiero II, tyrant of Syracuse from 270 BC (b. c. 308 BC)
- Hieronymus, grandson of Hiero II of Syracuse and tyrant (assassinated) (b. c. 231 BC)
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