Century · 200 BCE – 101 BCE
The world in the 2nd century BCE
From 200 BCE to 101 BCE the atlas holds 108 states standing at some time, 24 of them founded in it - Vienna and Rhodes the best known - and 23 ending in it. 61 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Third Punic War, Maccabean Revolt and Battle of Cynoscephalae the best known of the events; 243 people were born.
A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 200 BCE to 101 BCE, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.
What began in the 2nd century BCE
By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.
Wars and battles 56
- Third Punic War · war · 149 – 146 BCE
- Battle of Cynoscephalae · battle · 197 BCE
- Second Macedonian War · war · 200 – 197 BCE
- Battle of Magnesia · battle · 190 BCE
- Jugurthine War · war · 111 – 105 BCE
- Roman–Seleucid war · war · 192 – 188 BCE
- Battle of Pydna · battle · 168 BCE
- Servile Wars · war · 135 – 71 BCE
and 48 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 3
- Maccabean Revolt · unrest · 167 – 160 BCE
- First Servile War · unrest · 135 – 132 BCE
- Rebellion of the Seven States · unrest · 154 BCE
Treaties 1
- Treaty of Apamea · treaty · 188 BCE
Works and ideas 1
- Paper · discovery · 141 BCE
States founded and fallen
Founded 24
- Vienna · state · 101 BCE
- Rhodes · state · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Sarmatians · state · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · state · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Nabataeans · state · 164 BCE – 105 CE
- Hasmonean dynasty · state · 167 BCE
- Himyar · state · 110 BCE – 525 CE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · state · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Shunga Empire · state · 185 – 75 BCE
- Osroene · state · 132 BCE – 214 CE
- Kingdom of Commagene · state · 163 BCE – 72 CE
- Artaxiad dynasty · state · 189 – 12 BCE
- Wusun · state · 170 BCE – 450 CE
- Lazica · state · 101 BCE – 700 CE
and 10 more in the atlas.
Ended 23
- Macedonia · state · 808 – 167 BCE
- Maurya Empire · state · 322 – 185 BCE
- Colchis · state · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Ancient Carthage · state · 814 – 146 BCE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · state · 250 – 125 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · state · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Achaean League · state · 280 – 146 BCE
- Antigonid dynasty · state · 306 – 168 BCE
- Larsa · state · 4001 – 101 BCE
- Nanyue · state · 207 – 111 BCE
- Aetolian League · state · 401 – 188 BCE
- Paphlagonia · state · 279 – 127 BCE
- Attalid dynasty · state · 282 – 133 BCE
- Epirus · state · 501 – 146 BCE
and 9 more in the atlas.
Born in the 2nd century BCE
The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.
- Cicero · philosopher · 107 – 43 BCE
- Sima Qian · astronomer · 145 – 86 BCE
- Pompey · politician · 106 – 48 BCE
- Terence · poet · 185 – 159 BCE
- Bartholomew the Apostle · person · 101 BCE – 100 CE
- Spartacus · military leader · 103 – 71 BCE
- Polybius · writer · 200 – 129 BCE
- Hipparchus · astronomer · 190 – 120 BCE
- Sulla · military leader · 138 – 78 BCE
- Marcus Licinius Crassus · politician · 115 – 53 BCE
- Marcus Terentius Varro · philosopher · 116 – 27 BCE
- Tigranes the Great · ruler · 140 – 55 BCE
- Emperor Wu of Han · poet · 156 – 87 BCE
- Gaius Marius · military leader · 157 – 86 BCE
- Mithridates VI Eupator · military leader · 134 – 63 BCE
- Posidonius · astronomer · 135 – 51 BCE
- Catiline · politician · 108 – 62 BCE
- Ptolemy XII Auletes · ruler · 117 – 51 BCE
- Valerius Maximus · poet · 101 BCE – 100 CE
- Ptolemy VI Philometor · ruler · 186 – 145 BCE
- Scipio Aemilianus · military leader · 185 – 129 BCE
- Mithridates I of Parthia · person · 195 – 132 BCE
- Ptolemy IX Soter · ruler · 142 – 81 BCE
- Jugurtha · military leader · 160 – 104 BCE
and 219 more in the atlas.
States of the 2nd century BCE
Every state that stood at some time in the 2nd century BCE, by region, the best known first.
Europe19 states
- Vienna · 101 BCE
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Achaean League · 280 – 146 BCE
- Antigonid dynasty · 306 – 168 BCE
- Aetolian League · 401 – 188 BCE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
and 7 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa46 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Kingdom of Numidia · 202 – 46 BCE
- Bithynia · 297 – 74 BCE
- Cyrenaica · 331 – 92 BCE
and 34 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia20 states
- Maurya Empire · 322 – 185 BCE
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 250 – 125 BCE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Loulan Kingdom · 201 – 77 BCE
- Wusun · 170 BCE – 450 CE
and 8 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Nanyue · 207 – 111 BCE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
- Jin (Korean state) · 301 – 108 BCE
- Byeonhan confederacy · 201 BCE – 400 CE
- Tamna · 2337 BCE – 1404 CE
- Minyue · 334 – 110 BCE
and 3 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown6 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Wiman Chosŏn · 194 – 108 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
Its decades and years
The decades and years with a page of their own.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 201 BCE – 101 BCE: every state, war and life of the 2nd century BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 151 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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