B.C.
200 Second Macedonian War between Greeks and Philip V of Macedon
200 Rome attacks Macedonia
200 Philip is forced to surrender Greece
200 Germanic groups expanding
200 Last Etruscan cities fall to Roman expansion
198 Judea part of Seleucid empire under Antiochus III and IV
197 Rome defeats Macedoniana army under Philip V at Cynoscephalae
190 Lydia absorbed into the Pergamum kingdom
190 Syrian war, defeat of Syrian king Antiochus III by Romans
190 Birth of Hipparchus (Greek astronomer)
185 The last of the Mauryans overthrown, the Sungas rule Magadha
183 Hannibal commits suicide to avoid being captured by the Romans
180 Ptolemy VI Philometor rules in Egypt
179 Perseus (son of Philip V) continues the war with Rome
175 Phraates I begins to expand Parthian rule
175 Antiochus IV Epiphanes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire
171 Third Macedonian War, Macedonians under Perseus attack Rome once again
171 Mithridates I founds the Parthian Empire
170 First recorded paved streets appear in Rome
170 Antiochus IV invades Egypt
168 In the battle of Pydna the Romans defeat the Macedonians and capture Perseus
168 Macedonia forced to pay tribute to Rome
168 Macedonian Wars end, Rome begins to expand east
167 Antiochus IV persecutes the Jews
164 Judas Maccabaeus defeats the Syrians and frees Jerusalem (hannakah)
160 Judas Maccabeus is killed in battle against Syrians. His brother Jonathan leads the Jews
159 First water clock in Rome
157 Judaea becomes independant
156 Dalmatia is Romanized
155 Early writings are compiled, including important Taoist manuscripts
155 The reign of Menander begins, greatest Indo-Greek king
150 Macedonian revolt led by Andriscus defeats a Roman legion
149 Third Punic War by Romans against Carthage under Scipio the Younger
149 Fourth Macedonian war, Macedon is conquered and becomes a Roman province
148 Rome puts down a Macedonian revolt
147 Greece falls under Roman control
148 Macedonia and Greece are annexed by Rome
146 The Third Punic War ends, Final defeat and destruction of Carthage
146 Rome gains control of Carthaginian territory.
146 Carthage inhabitants sold into slavery and the capital city is burned.
146 Province of Africa created
146 Rome gains Spain, Asia Minor, Greece, n. Africa and Egypt from Carthage