Historical and Political Snippets in Time
The following entries mark events of historical or political significance
over the period 200 B.C. through 151 B.C.
- -200 to -151
- Second Macedonian War (-200 to -197); Attica ravaged -200; Romans
under Flamius defeat Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephelae -197
- Antiochus III od Syria takes Palestine from Egypt -198
- Eumenes II, king of Pergamum (-197 to -159)
- Hannibal flees to Antiochus III of Syria -195
- Cato the Elder becomes consul -195
- Antiochus III, aided by Hannibal, lands in Greece -192
- War between Sparta and Rome -192
- Antiochus defeated by the Romans at Thermopylae (-191) and at
Magnesia (-190)
- Hannibal defeated by Rhodian fleet at Eurymedon River -189
- Insurrections in Upper Egypt owing to exorbitant taxes -189
- Armenia independent from Seleucid rule -189
- Scipio Africanus the Elder goes into voluntary exile -185;
his adopted grandson is Scipio Africanus the Younger (-185
to -129)
- Shunga dynasty replaces Mauryan dynasty in India (-185 to
-30)
- Scipio Africanus the Elder d. -183 (b. -233)
- Pisa and Parma in northern Italy become Roman colonies -183
- Hannibal commits suicide in exile to avoid extradition by
Rome -182
- War between Rome and Macedon (-172 to -168); Roman army
defeated by Perseus -172
- Perseus defeated by Romans at Pydna -168; Macedon placed
under Roman governor; beginning of Roman world domination
- Maccabean revolt against Antiochus IV -167
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