What happened in the 2nd century BC

World10

• A system for sending signs to communicate quickly over a long distance is described by Polybius.
• Hipparchus discovers precession of Earth's equinoxes and compiles first trigonometric tables.
• Silk Road between Europe and Asia.
• 146 BCRome destroys and razes the city of Carthage (Third Punic War) and destroys the Achaean League and razes Corinth (Achaean War).
• 139 BCThe assassination of Viriathus marks the end of the Lusitanian War.
• 138 BCMinyue's invasion of Eastern Ou sparks off the Han campaigns against Minyue
• 133 BCAssassination of Tiberius Gracchus.
• 121 BCAssassination of Gaius Gracchus
• 107 BCGaius Marius attains his first consulship.
• 106 BCGaius Marius and Sulla bring an end to the Jugurthine War.

Europe23

• 200 BCThe Second Macedonian War between Rome and Macedon begins.
• 196 BCLampsacus and Smyrna appeal to Rome for protection against Antiochus III's expansion into western Asia Minor and Thrace.
• 195 BCThe War against Nabis marks the end of Spartan power in Greece.
• 178 BCTiberius Sempronius Gracchus ends the First Celtiberian War.
• 171 BCAt the prompting of the Attalid king Eumenes II, the Romans declare war on Perseus, beginning the Third Macedonian War.
• 168 BCThird Macedonian War: Roman victory in the Battle of Pydna leads to the dissolution of the Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon.
• 155 BCThe Lusitanians begin the Lusitanian War against Rome.
• Eunus begins the First Servile War.
• The Celtiberians of Numantia begin the Numantine War against Rome.
• 113 BCThe Cimbri and Teutones arrive on the banks of the Danube in Noricum, clashing with Roman allies, beginning the Cimbrian War.
• 112 BCJugurtha of Numidia's elimination of his co-regents sparks the Jugurthine War with Rome.
• 105 BCBattle of Arausio: Cimbri and Teutones annihilate a Roman army.
• 104 BCA mass-manumission leads to the Second Servile War in Sicily
• 102 BCGaius Marius defeats the Teutones at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae
• 101 BCGaius Marius defeats the Cimbri at the Battle of Vercellae, ending the Cimbrian War.

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Asia29

• c. 200 BCIn ancient Philippines, the archipelago's indigenous people began to increase their contact with other nations in Southeast and East Asia, resulting in the establishment of fragmented city-states-like polities formed by complex sociopolitical units known as barangay or barangay states.
• 185 BCPushyamitra Shunga assassinates the last Maurya emperor, founding the Shunga dynasty.
• 183 BCZhao Tuo of Nanyue declares himself Emperor and attacks China.
• 176 BCThe Xiongnu defeat the Yuezhi, who subsequently emigrate from Gansu to the Qilian Mountains and the Ili valley.
• 160 BCThe Wusun drive the Yuezhi out of the Ili valley.
• 158 BCThe Xiongnu attack northern China.
• 152 BCAlexander Balas starts a revolt against Demetrius I Soter with the support of Jonathan Maccabaeus
• Liu Pi leads the Rebellion of the Seven States against Emperor Jing of Han China and is defeated.
• Minyue's invasion of Nanyue leads to conquest of its western half by China. The eastern half survives as Dongyue.
• 125 BCZhang Qian returns to China after a protracted journey through the west.
• 111 BCA power struggle in Nam Viet leads to its conquest by China, ending the Triệu dynasty and beginning the First Chinese domination of Vietnam.
• 109 BCChina conquers Dian.
• 109 BCKing Ugeo of Gojoseon kills a Chinese envoy, sparking the Gojoseon–Han War.
• 108 BCChinese troops destroy Wanggeom seong, capital of Wiman Joseon, establishing the Four Commanderies of Han to govern the northern part of Korea.
• 104 BCWar of the Heavenly Horses, China defeats Dayuan at great cost.

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Middle East19

• 200 BCBattle of Panium: Antiochus III of the Seleucid Empire defeats Ptolemy V of Egypt.
• 198 BCFifth Syrian War: Antiochus III takes control of Coele Syria and Judea.
• 189 BCGalatian War: Gnaeus Manlius Vulso and Pergamon defeat the Galatians.
• 186 BCPtolemy V defeats Ankhwennefer and regains control of Upper Egypt.
• 168 BCSixth Syrian War: Antiochus IV of the Seleucid empire invades Ptolemaic Egypt, but is forced to turn back by Gaius Popillius Laenas at the Day of Eleusis.
• 167 BCMithradates I of Parthia takes Margiana and Aria from the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom.
• 147 BCHasmonean victories restore autonomy to Judea.
• 145 BCBattle of Antioch: Alexander Balas of the Seleucid empire loses his throne and Ptolemy VI of Egypt loses his life.
• 139 BCMithradates I of Parthia defeats the Seleucid king Demetrius II Nicator and captures Babylonia.
• 132 BCRioting on the streets of Alexandria leads to civil war between Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra II.
• 129 BCBattle of Ecbatana: Antiochus VII Sidetes of the Seleucid empire attempt to reclaim the Iranian Plateau from Parthia ends in failure.
• 127 BCHyspaosines of Characene takes control of Babylonia.
• 126 BCPtolemy VIII regains control of Alexandria.
• 124 BCArtabanus II of Parthia is killed in battle with the Yuezhi and succeeded by his son Mithridates II
• 122 BCMithradates II of Parthia regains control of Babylonia and Characene

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• 163 BCPtolemy VI regains Alexandria. Ptolemy VIII takes Cyrenaica.