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(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 2nd century BC - Events. 175 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter. 168 BC - Battle of Pydna - The Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the fe ...

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2nd century BC

(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium)

2nd century BC - Events

175 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of the Syrian throne, at the murder of his brother Seleucus IV Philopator, which rightly belonged to his nephew Demetrius I Soter.
168 BC - Battle of Pydna - The Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans
164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
147 BC - Hasmonean victories restore autonomy to Judea.
148 BC - Rome conquers Macedonia
- Rome destroys Carthage in the Third Punic War
- Rome conquers Corinth
129 BC - collapse of the Seleucid Empire
113–101 BC - migration of the Cimbri and the Teutons, defeated at the battles of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae
Theravada Buddhism is officially introduced to Sri Lanka by the Venerable Mahinda

2nd century BC - Significant persons

Andriscus, last independent ruler of Macedon.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the last effective ruler of the Seleucid Empire.
Antiochus VII Sidetes, last King of a United Seleucid Empire.
Boiorix, King of the Cimbri.
Flaccus, musical collaborator of Terence.
Hipparchus, considered the greatest astronomical observer.
Jonathan Maccabaeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and first autonomous ruler of Judea.
Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and its first successful general.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Roman general and politician.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and politician.
Lucius Mummius Achaicus, conqueror of Corinth.
Marius, Roman general and politician.
Perseus of Macedon, last King of the Antigonid dynasty.
Plautus, Latin playwright.
Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Roman general.
Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, conqueror of Carthage.
Terence, Latin playwright.
Teutobod, King of the Teutons.
Emperor Wu of Han, considered one of the greatest emperors throughout the History of China.
Zhang Qian, Chinese diplomat and explorer.