The 2nd century BCE: key events

Chronyas has 391 events dated to the 2nd century BCE (200 BCE to 101 BCE), during the Ancient civilizations. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.

Most of the events in this century belong to Wars, politics & history and Civilizations & archaeology.

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200 BCEBirth of Polybius
from 200 BCE to 400 CEIndo-Scythians
200 BCEOrigins of Nazca Lines
from 200 BCE to 1000Origins of Acaray
from 200 BCE to 197 BCESecond Macedonian War
c. 200 BCEEruption of Popocatepetl
197 BCEBattle of Cynoscephalae
196 BCERosetta Stone
195 BCEWar against Nabis
194 BCEDeath of Eratosthenes
from 194 BCE to 108 BCEWiman Chosŏn
from 192 BCE to 188 BCERoman–Seleucid War
from 191 BCE to 189 BCEAetolian War
190 BCEBirth of Hipparchus
190 BCEBattle of Magnesia
189 BCEOrigins of Temple of Hercules Musarum
from 189 BCE to 12 BCEArtaxiad Dynasty
188 BCETreaty of Apamea
c. 187 BCEOrigins of Forlì
185 BCEBirth of Terence
from 185 BCE to 75 BCEShunga Empire
183 BCEDeath of Hannibal
from 181 BCE to 179 BCEFirst Celtiberian War
from 181 BCE to 151 BCECeltiberian Wars
from 180 BCE to 10 CEIndo-Greek Kingdoms
from 179 BCE to 168 BCEPerseus of Macedon becomes King of Macedonia
from 179 BCE to 410 CEOrigins of Basilica Aemilia
c. 177 BCEOrigins of Pula
from 171 BCE to 168 BCEThird Macedonian War
c. 170 BCEEruption of Masaya
22 June 168 BCEBattle of Pydna
167 BCERise of Maccabees
167 BCERise of Hasmonean dynasty
from 167 BCE to 160 BCEMaccabean Revolt
from 163 BCE to 72 CEKingdom of Commagene
c. 157 BCEBirth of Gaius Marius
7 June 156 BCEBirth of Emperor Wu of Han
from 155 BCE to 139 BCELusitanian War
154 BCERebellion of the Seven States
c. 150s BCEFarnese Bull
150 BCEFounding of Tower of David
150 BCELaocoön and His Sons
from 150 BCE to 148 BCEFourth Macedonian War
c. 150 BCEOrigins of Antalya
from 149 BCE to 146 BCEThird Punic War
from 149 BCE to 146 BCESiege of Carthage
147 BCERome destroys Carthage
from 146 BCE to 330 CERoman Greece
146 BCEAchaean War
145 BCEBirth of Sima Qian
from 143 BCE to 133 BCENumantine War
from 141 BCE to 222 CECharacene
141 BCEPaper
from 9 March 141 BCE to 29 March 87 BCEEmperor Wu of Han becomes Emperor of China
140 BCEBirth of Tigranes the Great
from 139 BCE to 89 CEHan–Xiongnu Wars
139 BCEZhang Qian's mission opens the Silk Road
138 BCEBirth of Sulla
from 135 BCE to 71 BCEServile Wars
135 BCEBirth of Posidonius
from 135 BCE to 132 BCEFirst Servile War
134 BCETiberius Gracchus is murdered and the Republic enters its crisis
c. 132 BCEBirth of Mithridates VI of Pontus
from 132 BCE to 214 CEOsroene
c. 131 BCEHipparchus discovers the precession of the equinoxes
c. 122 BCEEruption of Etna
from c. 120s BCE to 630sOrigins of Ctesiphon
121 BCEOrigins of Basilica Opimia
120 BCEDeath of Hipparchus
116 BCEBirth of Marcus Terentius Varro
115 BCEBirth of Marcus Licinius Crassus
from 113 BCE to 101 BCECimbrian War
from 111 BCE to 105 BCEJugurthine War
from 110 BCE to 525 CEHimyarite kingdom
107 BCEMarian reforms
3 January 106 BCEBirth of Cicero
29 September 106 BCEBirth of Pompey
5 October 105 BCEBattle of Arausio
104 BCEEstablishment of Qumran
103 BCEBirth of Spartacus

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