2nd century BC

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{{centuryBCbox | cp = 3rd century BC | c = 2nd century BC | cna = 1 | cnb = st century BC }} (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

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Contents 1 Events 2 Significant persons 3 Inventions, discoveries, introductions 4 Decades and years

Events

• 190 BC, March 14: Solar eclipse recorded in Rome [Livy: Ab Urbe Condita 37.4.4]
• 175 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter.
• 168 BC - Battle of Pydna - The Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans
• 168 BC, June 21: Lunar eclipse recorded in Rome [Livy: Ab Urbe Condita 44.37.8]
• 164 BC, November 21: Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
• 147 BC - Hasmonean victories restore autonomy to Judea.
• 148 BC - Rome conquers Macedonia
  • Rome destroys Carthage in the Third Punic War
  • Rome conquers Corinth
• 129 BC - collapse of the Seleucid Empire
• 113–101 BC - migration of the Cimbri and the Teutons, defeated at the battles of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae
• Theravada Buddhism is officially introduced to Sri Lanka by the Venerable Mahinda

Significant persons

• Andriscus, last independent ruler of Macedon.
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the last effective ruler of the Seleucid Empire.
• Antiochus VII Sidetes, last King of a United Seleucid Empire.
• Apollonius of Perga, Greek geometer
• Apollonius of Rhodes, author of Jason and the Argonauts
• Boiorix, King of the Cimbri.
• Flaccus, musical collaborator of Terence.
• Hipparchus, considered the greatest astronomical observer.
• Jonathan Maccabaeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and first autonomous ruler of Judea.
• Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and its first successful general.
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Roman general and politician.
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and politician.
• Lucius Mummius Achaicus, conqueror of Corinth.
• Marius, Roman general and politician.
• Perseus of Macedon, last King of the Antigonid dynasty.
• Plautus, Latin playwright.
• Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Roman general.
• Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, conqueror of Carthage.
• Terence, Latin playwright.
• Teutobod, King of the Teutons.
• Emperor Wu of Han, considered one of the greatest emperors throughout the History of China.
• Zhang Qian, Chinese diplomat and explorer.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Silk Road between Europe and Asia
• Hipparchus discovers precession of Earth's equinoxes and compiles first trigonometric tables
• Liu An invented tofu

Decades and years

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