185 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC - 180s BC - 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC

Years: 190 BC 189 BC 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC - 185 BC - 184 BC 183 BC 182 BC 181 BC 180 BC

Events

• Pusyamitra Sunga assassinates the Mauryan emperor Brhadrata, bringing an end to that dynasty and founding the Sunga dynasty.

Births

• P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, biological son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus, later adopted by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major

Deaths

• Brhadrata, Indian emperor (assassinated)