Editing 187 BC (section)

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 177 BC)|Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus]] is elected [[tribune of the plebs]], in which capacity he is recorded as having saved [[Scipio Africanus]] from prosecution by interposing his veto. Tiberius is no friend nor political ally of Scipio's, but feels that the general's services to Rome merit his release from the threat of trial like any common criminal. Supposedly, in gratitude for this action, Scipio betrothes his youngest daughter, Cornelia, to him.
* The construction of the [[Via Aemilia]], a trunk road in the north Italian plains, running from [[Ariminum]] ([[Rimini]]), on the [[Adriatic]] coast, to Placentia ([[Piacenza]]) on the river Padus ([[Po (river)|Po]]), is completed.