190s - Kings 205-180 Ptolemy V Epiphanes 200-197: Second 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. 198 Greek Selucid empire expands. 196 Flamininus declares independence of Gk states at the Isthmian Games 194: Romans leave Greece. 192-188: Romans, under Consul Manius Glabrio, 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 defeated by the seizure of Ambracia 188: Peace of Apamea: Antiochus III 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 Third Macedonian War 179 Upon the death of Philip V, Perseus becomes king of Antigonid Macedon. 178: Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus ends the First Celtiberian War. 175: Upon the assassination of Seleucus IV Philopator, his brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes takes possession of the Seleucid throne. 171: At the prompting of the Attalid king Eumenes II, the Romans declare war on Perseus, beginning the Third Macedonian War.
160s - Kings / Queens 180-164 Ptolemy VI Philometer 170-163 Ptolemy VIII Ptolemy IX Soter 163-145 Ptolemy VI Philometer Maccabees 167-66 Mattathias 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. 161 Demetrius I Soter seizes the Seleucid throne, beginning a succession war that would consume the Seleucid realm for almost a century.
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. (Third Punic War) Rome destroys the Achaean League and razes Corinth (Achaean War).
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 Ptolemy X Alexander I 134-104 John Hycanus I 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 batlle of Aquae Sextae 101 Marius defeats Cimbri at batlle 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