Editing 2nd century BC (section)

==Significant people==
[[File:Bronze statue of a Hellenistic prince, 1st half of 2nd century BC, found on the Quirinal in Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome (31479801364).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Scipio Aemilianus]]]]
[[File:Antiochos III.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Antiochus the Great]]]]
[[File:Marius Glyptothek Munich 319.jpg|thumb|upright|A bust purported to be of [[Gaius Marius]]]]
[[File:Stele des Polybios.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Polybius]]]]
[[File:Portrait of Terence from Vaticana, Vat. lat.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Terence]]]]
[[File:MenandrosCoin.jpg|thumb|upright|Coin of [[Menander I]], the [[Indo-Greek kingdom|Greek]] king who ruled most of Northern India ({{Circa|150-130}}) and converted to [[Buddhism]].]]
[[File:Posidonio, replica augustea (23 ac.-14 dc ca) da originale del 100-50 ac. ca. 6142.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Posidonius]] was acclaimed as the greatest polymath of his age.]]

===Politics===
*[[Andriscus]], last independent ruler of Macedon
*[[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]], the last effective ruler of the [[Seleucid Empire]]
*[[Antiochus VII Sidetes]], last King of a United [[Seleucid Empire]]
*[[Eucratides I|Eucratides I Megas]], the most powerful [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom|Greco-Bactrian]] king
*[[Mithridates I of Parthia|Mithridates I]], great king of the [[Parthian Empire|Parthian empire]]
*[[Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC)]], Roman consul and censor
*[[Boiorix]], king of the [[Cimbri]]
*[[Cato the Elder]], Roman politician, writer and historian
*[[Gaius Gracchus]], Roman politician
*[[Gaius Marius]], Roman general and politician
*[[Jonathan Maccabaeus]], leader of the [[Hasmonean]] rebellion and first autonomous ruler of [[Judea]]
*[[Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus]], Roman general and politician
*[[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]], Roman general and politician
*[[Lucius Mummius Achaicus]], conqueror of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]]
*[[Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC)]], Roman politician
*[[Perseus of Macedon]], last King of the [[Antigonid dynasty]]
*[[Publius Mucius Scaevola (triumphator)]], Roman politician
*[[Publius Mucius Scaevola (pontifex maximus)]], Roman politician
*[[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus]], Roman general and politician
*[[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus]], Roman general and politician
*[[Teutobod]], King of the [[Teutons]]
*[[Tiberius Gracchus]] Roman politician and statesman
*[[Emperor Wu of Han]] (漢武帝,劉徹), seventh [[Han dynasty]] emperor, who consolidated and expanded imperial power in China
*[[Zhang Qian]] (張騫), Chinese diplomat and explorer
*[[Zhao Tuo]], Chinese military commander who founded the [[Trieu dynasty]]

===Military===
*[[Huo Qubing]], Chinese general
*[[Judas Maccabeus]], leader of the [[Hasmonean]] rebellion and its first successful general
*[[Li Guang]], Chinese general
*[[Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus]], Roman general
*[[Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus]], Roman general
*[[Quintus Lutatius Catulus]], Roman general
*[[Scipio Aemilianus Africanus]], Roman general that conquered [[Carthage]]
*[[Wei Qing]], Chinese general

===Literature===
*[[Apollodorus of Athens]], Greek writer, grammarian, and historian
*[[Bion of Smyrna]], Greek poet
*[[Gaius Lucilius]], Roman satirist
*[[Quintus Lutatius Catulus (consul 102 BC)|Lutatius Catulus]], Roman poet, orator and historian
*[[Lucius Accius]], Roman poet
*[[Moschus]], Greek poet
*[[Pacuvius]], Roman poet
*[[Quintus Ennius]], Roman poet
*[[Sima Xiangru]] (司馬相如), Chinese musician, poet and writer
*[[Titus Maccius Plautus]], Roman playwright
*[[Terence]], Roman playwright
*[[Sangam literature]], corpus of ancient Tamil literature
*[[Kaniyan Pungundranar]], one of the poets of the Tamil Sangam work [[Purananuru]]

===Science and philosophy===
*[[Apollonius of Perga]], Greek [[geometer]]
*[[Carneades]], Greek philosopher
*[[Crates of Mallus]], Greek grammarian and philosopher
*[[Diogenes of Babylon]], Greek philosopher
*[[Eight Immortals of Huainan]] (淮南八仙), Chinese philosophers
*[[Hipparchus]], Greek astronomer
*[[Hypsicles]], Greek mathematician and astronomer
*[[Liu An]] (劉安), Chinese geographer
*[[Panaetius]], Greek philosopher
*[[Polybius]], Greek historian
*[[Posidonius]], Greek philosopher, geographer, astronomer and historian
*[[Seleucus of Seleucia]], Hellenistic astronomer
*[[Sima Qian]] (司馬遷), Chinese historian
*[[Zenodorus (mathematician)|Zenodorus]], Greek mathematician