Battle of Thermopylae. Antiochus driven from Greece.
189
Antiochus loses battle of Magnesia to the Scipios.
188
Settlement of Asia.
187
Criticism of the Scipios.
186
Bacchanalian conspiracy.
184
Scipio withdraws from Rome.
Cato elected censor.
181–179
First Celtiberian War in Spain.
179
Philip V of Macedon dies, succeeded by Perseus.
173
Embassy sent to arbitrate between Masinissa and Carthage.
172
Two plebeian consuls, for the first time.
172–167
Third Macedonian War.
168
Perseus defeated at Battle of Pydna.
167
Macedon divided into four republics.
One thousand Achaeans deported to Italy (including Polybius).
166–159
Production of Terence’s comedies.
153–151
Second Celtiberian War.
151
Carthage declares war on Masinissa.
149–146
Third Punic War.
149
Publication of Cato’s
147
Macedon becomes a province.
146
Sack of Carthage.
Africa becomes a province.
War between Rome and the Achaean League.
Sack of Corinth.
143–133
Third Celtiberian War.
133
Tiberius Gracchus elected tribune. Land-reform law passed and land commission created.
Pergamum bequeathed to Rome by King Attalus III.
Gracchus murdered by rioting senators.
