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August 2

August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 338 BC ??? A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC ??? The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. 49 BC ??? Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Afranius and Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river. 461 ??? Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor. 932 ??? After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of C??rdoba Abd...

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