190s - Kings 205-180 Ptolemy V Epiphanes 200-197: 2nd Macedonian War caused by appeals for aid to Rome by Pergamum, Rhodes and Athens from Philip V of Macedonia, who is def at Cynoscephalae 200-190 War with Gauls in Upper Italy leads Rome to build Via Aemilia as extension of the Via Flaminia. 196: Flamninus declares independence of Gk states at the Isthmian Games 194: Romans leave Greece. 192-188: Romans, under Consul Manlius Vulso, defeat Antiochus III the Great, at Thermopylae 191 and under L. Cornelius Scipio & Scipio Africanus, at Magnesia 190, then attack the Celts and subjugate them.
180s - Kings / Queens 205-180 Ptolemy V Epiphanes 180-164 Ptolemy VI Philometer 189: Aetolian League def by the seizure of Ambracia 188: Peace of Apamea: Antiochus pays war reparations and cedes Asia Minor possessions to Rhodes and Pergamum; Rome mistress of the Eastern Mediterranean.
170s - Kings / Queens 180-164 Ptolemy VI Philometer 171-168: 3rd Macedonian War
160s - Kings / Queens 180-164 Ptolemy VI Philometer 170-163 Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physkon 163-145 Ptolemy VI Philometer Maccabees 167-66 Mattahias 166-61 Judas Maccabeus 161-42 Jonathan 169: Selucid King Antiochus IV Epiphanes captures Jerusalem. 167: Beginning of Maccabean War of Liberation against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. 164: Maccabeans recapture City of Jerusalem.
150s - Kings / Queens 163-145 Ptolemy VI Philometer 161-42 Jonathan
140s Kings / Queens 163-145 Ptolemy VI Philometer 145-116 Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physkon 161-42 Jonathan 142-34 Simon 146: Roman general Scipio Africanus Minor captures and razes Carthage, enslaves inhabitants. The city ceases to exist
130s Kings / Queens 145-116 Ptolemy VIII 142-34 Simon 134-104 John Hyrcanus I 133: Popular Tribune Tiberius Gracchus attempts settlement of proletarians by allocation of public lands and distribution of the royal treasure of Pergamum. Tiberius slain during attempt to secure illegal 2nd term as a Tribune.
120s Kings / Queens 145-116 Ptolemy VIII 134-104 John Hyrcanus I 123: renewal of land-reform law by Sempronius Gracchus fails due to opposition by both Senate and plebians to citizenship for Italic allies and full citizenship for Latins. 121: Aventine hill occupied by supporters of Gracchus, who are routed prompting Gracchus' "suicide".
110s Kings / Queens 145-116 Ptolemy VIII 116-07 Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros 113-105: The Jugurthine War 113: Defeat of Romans by Cimbri and Teutones at battle of Noreia prompts the Army Reform by Marius 113-101: War against the Cimbri and Teutones 112: Jugurtha defies Senate, which had partitioned Numidia by seizing Cirta.
100s Kings / Queens 116-07 Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros 107-88 Cleopatra III & Ptolemy X Alexander I 134-104 John Hycanus I 104 Antigonus 104-03 Aristobulus I 103-76 Alexander Janneus 105: Jugurtha surrenders to Sulla and part of Numidia (Algeria) becomes Roman Province 102: Marius defeats the Teutones at b. of Aquae Sextae 101: Marius def Cimbri at b. of Vercellae 100: Land-settlement of veterans supported by Marius (in his 6th Consulship) rejected by Optimates, Senators and equestrians subdue revolt.
100s BC
Plutarch's Philopoemen Plutarch's Eumenes Plutarch's Flamininus Plutarch's Marcus Cato Plutarch's Caius Gracchus Plutarch's Tiberius Gracchus