2nd century BC

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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades: 190s BC 180s 170s 160s 150s 140s 130s 120s 110s 100s BC


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


The 2nd century BC started on January 1, 200 BC and ended on December 31, 101 BC.

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[edit] Events

Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory). He was the last ruler of the Seleucid Empire to rule unopposed
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Coin of Antiochus IV. Reverse shows Apollo seated on an omphalos. The Greek inscription reads ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ (Antiochus, image of God, bearer of victory). He was the last ruler of the Seleucid Empire to rule unopposed

[edit] Significant persons

Gaius Marius, instigator of the Marian reforms which allowed the recruitment of landless citizens as professional soldiers
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Gaius Marius, instigator of the Marian reforms which allowed the recruitment of landless citizens as professional soldiers

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Hipparchus' equatorial ring.
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Hipparchus' equatorial ring.

[edit] Decades and years

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90s BC 99 BC 98 BC 97 BC 96 BC 95 BC 94 BC 93 BC 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC
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