195 BC
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Thai solar calendar | 348–349 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) −68 or −449 or −1221 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) −67 or −448 or −1220 |
Year 195 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Cato (or, less frequently, year 559 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 195 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Carthage
- Because of his administrative and constitutional reforms in Seleucid king Antiochus IIIto take up arms against the Romans. Rome demands that Carthage surrender Hannibal. However, Hannibal voluntarily goes into exile.
Seleucid Empire
- Tensions between Antiochus III and Rome increase when Hannibal is given refuge by Antiochus III at Ephesus and becomes his adviser.
- After Roman diplomatic intervention, Antiochus III finally halts his war with Egypt. In the peace agreement (the Peace of Lysimachia), Antiochus III formally takes possession of southern Syria, which has been fought over for 100 years by the Ptolemies and Seleucids, and also takes possession of the Egyptian territories in Anatolia.
Roman Republic
- A Spanish revolt against Roman consolidation of the ex-Carthaginian colonies is effectively put down by Aemilius Paulus succeeds him as Roman governor in Spain.
- The Roman sumptuary law, the Lex Oppia, which restricts not only a woman's wealth, but also her display of wealth, is repealed despite consul Marcus Porcius Cato's strong opposition.
Greece
- The Gythium is an important Spartan base, the allies decide to capture it before they advance inland to Sparta. The Romans and the Acheans are joined outside the city by the Pergamese and Rhodian fleets. The Spartans hold out; however, the proconsul Titus Quinctius Flamininus arrives with 4,000 extra men. Facing too great an army, the Spartans decide to surrender the city on the condition that the garrison can leave unharmed. As a result, Nabis, the tyrant of Sparta, is forced to abandon the surrounding land and withdraw to the city of Sparta. Later that year, Sparta capitulates to the allies.
Egypt
- Aristophanes of Byzantium, Greek scholar, critic and grammarian, becomes the chief librarian at Alexandria.
China
- Facing the suspicion of State of Yan, flees north of the Great Wall of China.
- Gaozu sends general Fan Kuai to seek out Lu Wan but then arrests the general on suspicion of planning to murder Consort Qi and her son to Gaozu, Liu Ruyi. Gaozu dies soon after, and Fan's sister-in-law Empress Lü orders his release.[1]
- Mauryan empire.[2]
Korea
- Mosuri Dangunsucceeds him to the throne.
Births
- Mithridates I (or Mithradates), "Great King" of Parthia from about 171 BC who turned Parthia into a major political power and expanded the empire westward into Mesopotamia (d. 138 BC)
- Terence or Publius Terentius Afer, Roman comic playwright (approximate date) (d. 159 BC)[3]
Deaths
- Gaozu of Han (or Gao), first emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, who has ruled since 202 BC (b. 256 or 247 BC)
References
- ISBN 978-0875868387.
- ^ "Geography at about.com". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2006.
- ^ Arnott, W. Geoffrey. "Terence". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.