2nd century BC Chr.

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Global territorial situation 200 BC Chr.

The eastern hemisphere at the beginning of the 2nd century BC Chr.

The eastern hemisphere at the end of the 2nd century BC Chr.

The 2nd century BC Chr. Began on January 1, v 200th Chr. And ending December 31, v one hundred and first Chr.

Events / developments

• The Roman Empire expands to the east and subjugates Macedonia , among other things . In the Third Punic War , the rival great power Carthage is defeated in 146 BC. Chr. Trounced. In the north, however, the Roman army suffered a defeat against the Cimbri .
• The Parthian Empire conquered large parts of Persia and Mesopotamia and became a great power.
• The Chinese emperor Wu ( Han dynasty ) raised Confucianism to the doctrine of the state and began the great Chinese expansion. His government was the height of Chinese power until the turn of the century.
• The Shunga dynasty rules in northern India .
• The Milindapanha , the recording of a dialogue between the Hellenistic King Menander and the Buddhist monk and scholar Nagasena, was created in north-western India . This script, regarded as a semi-canonical work in Buddhism , is considered to be one of the earliest evidence of the encounter between a European culture and the teachings of the Buddha.

Personalities

• Titus Maccius Plautus (* around 254 BC; † around 184 BC), Roman comedy poet
• Hannibal (* around 247 BC; † 183 BC ), Carthaginian general
• Scipio Africanus (* 236 BC ; † 183 BC ), Roman general and statesman
• Cato the Elder (* 234 BC ; † 149 BC ), Roman statesman, rhetorician and writer
• Polybios (* around 200 BC; † around 120 BC), Greek historian
• Publius Terentius Afer (* around 190 BC; † around 159 BC), Roman comedy poet
• Mithridates I (* around 195 BC; † 138/137 BC), King of the Parthians, conquered large parts of Mesopotamia
• Wudi (* 156 BC ; † 87 BC ), Chinese emperor
• Gaius Marius , (* 156 BC; † 86 BC ) named 3rd founder of Rome, seven-time consul, Roman general, victor over Jugurtha and the Cimbri and Teutons

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