Editing 2nd century BC (section)

===[[190s BC]]===
*[[198 BC]]: [[Fifth Syrian War]]: Antiochus III takes control of [[Coele Syria]] and [[Judea]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Peter |title=Alexander to Actium : the historical evolution of the Hellenistic age |date=1990 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |page=304|isbn=978-0-520-08349-3}}</ref>
**(November 12): Antiochus issues a decree requiring registration of all Egyptians taken slave during the war (''somata Aigyptia'') for census purposes.<ref>Willy Clarysse, Dorothy J. Thompson, Ulrich Luft, ''Counting the People in Hellenistic Egypt'', Volume 2, Historical Studies  (Cambridge University Press, 2006) p263</ref>
*[[197 BC]]: (June) [[Titus Quinctius Flamininus|Flamininus]] defeats [[Philip V of Macedon|Philip V]], king of [[Antigonid]] [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] at the [[Battle of Cynoscephalae]], ending the [[Second Macedonian War]].<ref>Bernard Mineo, ''A Companion to Livy'' (Wiley, 2014) p412 (drawn by author from [[Polybius]] and [[Livy]]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Walbank |first1=F. W. |title=The Hellenistic world |date=1992 |publisher=Fontana |location=London |isbn=0-00-686104-0 |page=98|edition=[Rev.]}}</ref>
*[[196 BC]]: 
**(March 27) Upon reaching the age of 14, [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]] is crowned as the [[Ptolemaic Egypt|King of Egypt]] at [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]].  The decree made in conjunction with the coronation, dated the first day of the Egyptian month of Pharmouthi, is written in the [[Egyptian language]] in both [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphics]] and in [[Demotic (Egyptian)|demotic script]], as well as in [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] on the [[Rosetta Stone]], providing the key to deciphering the hieroglyphics almost 20 centuries later.<ref name=Bowman>Alan K. Bowman, ''Egypt After the Pharaohs, 332 BC-AD 642: From Alexander to the Arab Conquest'' (University of California Press, 1989), p30</ref>
**[[Lampsacus]] and [[Smyrna]] appeal to Rome for protection against [[Antiochus III]]'s expansion into western [[Asia Minor]] and [[Thrace]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Errington |first1=R. M. |editor1-last=Astin |editor1-first=A. E. |editor2-last=Walbank |editor2-first=F. W. |editor3-last=Frederiksen |editor3-first=M. W. |editor4-last=Ogilvie |editor4-first=R. M. |title=The Cambridge Ancient History 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC |date=1989 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge [England] |isbn=978-0-521-23448-1 |page=271 |edition=Second |chapter=Rome against Philip and Antiochus}}</ref>
**[[Empress Lü Zhi|Empress Lü]]'s execution of [[Han Xin]] leads to the [[Ying Bu]] rebellion.
*[[195 BC]]: 
**(June 1) In China, [[Emperor Gaozu of Han]] dies and is succeeded by his 15-year-old son [[Emperor Hui of Han|Prince Liu Ying]].  As the second [[Han dynasty]] ruler, Liu Ying is given the regnal name of Emperor Hui and reigns until his death in 188 BC at the age of 22.  However, the true power resides with his mother, the [[Empress Lü Zhi]], who serves as the Regent as widow of Gaozu.
**The [[War against Nabis]] marks the end of [[Sparta]]n power in Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cartledge |first1=Paul |last2=Spawforth |first2=A. |title=Hellenistic and Roman Sparta : a tale of two cities |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=0-415-26277-1 |pages=74–79 |edition=2nd}}</ref>
*[[194 BC]]: 
**(April 4) — The first [[Megalesia|Games of Megalesia]] and a festival are held in Rome after games were promised in honor of [[Cybele]] following Rome's triumph over Carthage in the [[Punic Wars]].  The festival and games last seven full days, closing on April 10.<ref>Eckart Kèohne, ''Gladiators and Caesars: The Power of Spectacle in Ancient Rome'' (University of California Press, 2000) p10</ref>
**[[Wiman of Gojoseon]] establishes [[Wiman Joseon]] in Korea.<ref>{{cite book |last =Kim |first =Jinwung |title=A history of Korea: from "Land of the Morning Calm" to states in conflict |date=2012 |location=Bloomington, IN | publisher = Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-00024-8 |page=16}}</ref>
*[[192 BC]]: 
**The [[Baiyue|Yue]] Kingdom of Eastern Ou established in [[Zhejiang]] with [[Han dynasty|Chinese]] support.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}
**(February)— Antiochus, the son of Antiochus III and co-regent for the Seleucid throne since 209 BC, dies; according to cuneiform tablets, news reaches Babylon sometime during the month of Addara after April 8.<ref>T. Boiy, ''Late Achaemenid and Hellenistic Babylon'' (Peeters Publishers, 2004) p157</ref>
**(November) — Antiochus III leads an army into Greece to challenge Roman control, at the invitation of the [[Aetolians]], starting the [[Roman-Syrian War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bringmann |first1=Klaus |title=A history of the Roman republic |date=2007 |publisher=Polity |location=Cambridge, UK |isbn=978-0-7456-3371-8 |page=91}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Walbank |first1=F. W. |title=The Hellenistic world |date=1992 |publisher=Fontana |location=London |isbn=0-00-686104-0 |page=237|edition=[Rev.]}}</ref>
*[[191 BC]]: (April 24) [[Battle of Thermopylae (191 BC)|Battle of Thermopylae]]: [[Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC)|Manius Acilius Glabrio]] drives Antiochus III out of Greece.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grainger |first1=John D. |title=The Roman war of Antiochos the Great |date=2002 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-12840-8 |pages=240–246}}</ref>
*[[190 BC]]: (December or January 189 BC) [[Battle of Magnesia]]: [[Roman Republic|Rome]] and [[Pergamon]] drive [[Antiochus III]] out of [[Asia Minor]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grainger |first1=John D. |title=The Roman war of Antiochos the Great |date=2002 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-12840-8 |pages=320–329}}</ref>