190 BCE - Definition and Overview

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

Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC

Years: 195 BC 194 BC 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC - 190 BC - 189 BC 188 BC 187 BC 186 BC 185 BC

Events

• Battle of the Eurymedon: Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Regillus defeat a Seleucid fleet commanded by Hannibal, fighting his last battle.
• Battle of Myonessus: Another Seleucid fleet is defeated by the Romans
• December: Battle of Magnesia. Seleucids under Antiochus III the Great of Syria defeated by Romans under Scipio Asiaticus, his brother Scipio Africanus Major, and Gnaeus Domitius.
• The Via Appia is extended to Benevento and Venosa
• Demetrius I of Bactria is joined by two younger younger co-rulers. Euthydemus II and Pantaleon are presumed to be his sons.(approximate date).

Births

• Hipparchus, Greek astronomer and mathematician, in Nicaea, Bithynia (now Turkey) (+ 120 BC) (approximate date, another possible date is 194 BC).

Deaths

• Dionysius Thrax, Greek scholar. (approximate date)