Decade · 189 BCE – 180 BCE
The world in the 180s BCE
From 189 BCE to 180 BCE the atlas holds 92 states standing at some time. 8 things began - Rhodes, Indo-Greek Kingdom and Shunga Empire among them - and 4 ended; 16 people were born and 15 died.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
- 180 BCE 11
What began in the 180s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 4
- Rhodes · state · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · state · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Shunga Empire · state · 185 – 75 BCE
- Artaxiad dynasty · state · 189 – 12 BCE
Wars and battles 3
- Celtiberian Wars · war · 181 – 151 BCE
- First Celtiberian War · war · 181 – 179 BCE
- Galatian War · war · 189 BCE
Treaties 1
- Treaty of Apamea · treaty · 188 BCE
What ended in the 180s BCE
States 1
- Maurya Empire · state · 322 – 185 BCE
Wars and battles 2
- Roman–Seleucid war · war · 192 – 188 BCE
- Aetolian War · war · 191 – 189 BCE
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Great Theban Revolt · unrest · 206 – 186 BCE
Born and died
Born 16
- Terence · poet · 185 – 159 BCE
- Ptolemy VI Philometor · ruler · 186 – 145 BCE
- Scipio Aemilianus · military leader · 185 – 129 BCE
- Cleopatra II · monarch · 185 – 116 BCE
- Ptolemy VIII Physcon · ruler · 182 – 116 BCE
- Demetrius I Soter · monarch · 187 – 150 BCE
- Viriathus · commander · 180 – 139 BCE
- Emperor Jing of Han · ruler · 188 – 141 BCE
- Andriscus · politician · 185 – 146 BCE
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio · politician · 180 – 132 BCE
- Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus · politician · 181 – 113 BCE
- Publius Mucius Scaevola · politician · 180 – 115 BCE
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina · politician · 180 – 123 BCE
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus · politician · 189 – 130 BCE
- Li Guang · military personnel · 184 – 119 BCE
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus · politician · 180 – 161 BCE
Died 15
- Hannibal · military leader · 247 – 183 BCE
- Plautus · writer · 250 – 184 BCE
- Scipio Africanus · military leader · 235 – 183 BCE
- Antiochus III the Great · ruler · 242 – 187 BCE
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes · ruler · 210 – 180 BCE
- Emperor Hui of Han · ruler · 213 – 188 BCE
- Philopoemen · politician · 253 – 183 BCE
- Emperor Qianshao of Han · monarch · 193 – 184 BCE
- Brihadratha Maurya · ruler · 252 – 180 BCE
- Emperor Houshao of Han · monarch · 196 – 180 BCE
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus · politician · 230 – 183 BCE
- Publius Licinius Crassus Dives · politician · 235 – 183 BCE
- Gaius Servilius Geminus · politician · 240 – 180 BCE
- Quintus Minucius Thermus · politician · 228 – 187 BCE
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso · politician · 230 – 180 BCE
States of the 180s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 180s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 189 BCE.
Europe14 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Roman consul since 189 BCE and Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, Roman consul since 189 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Roman consul since 189 BCE and Gnaeus Manlius Vulso, Roman consul since 189 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE · Philip V of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 221 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Achaean League · 280 – 146 BCE
and 6 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa38 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 · Antiochus III the Great, Seleucid ruler since 224 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
and 30 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia19 states
- Maurya Empire · 322 – 185 BCE · Satadhanvan, Mauryan Emperor since 195 BCE
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE · Demetrius I of Bactria, monarch since 200 BCE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 250 – 125 BCE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE
and 11 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Hui of Han, Emperor of China since 195 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE · Modu Chanyu, Chanyu since 209 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE · Wiman of Old Chosŏn, wang since 194 BCE
- Nanyue · 207 – 111 BCE · Zhao Tuo, emperor since 207 BCE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Hui of Han, Emperor of China since 195 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
and 7 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 unknown4 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Wiman Chosŏn · 194 – 108 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 209 BCE – 160 BCE: every state, war and life of the 180s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 184 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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