Editing 2nd century BC (section)

===[[170s BC]]===
[[File:Antiokhos IV.jpg|thumb|upright|Bust of Antiochus IV at the Altes Museum in Berlin.]]
*[[179 BC]]: 
** [[Zhao Tuo]] of [[Nanyue]] makes peace with Han China.
** Upon the death of Philip V, [[Perseus of Macedon|Perseus]] becomes king of Antigonid Macedon.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bringmann|first=Klaus|title=A History of the Roman Republic|year=2007|orig-year=2002|location=Cambridge & Malden|translator=Smyth, W. J.|publisher=Polity Press|isbn=978-0-7456-3371-8|url=http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745633701|page=97}}</ref>
*[[178 BC]]: [[Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 177 BC)|Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus]] ends the [[First Celtiberian War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harris|first1=W. V. |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=125|edition=Second |chapter=Roman Expansion in the West}}</ref>
*[[176 BC]]: The [[Xiongnu]] defeat the [[Yuezhi]], who subsequently emigrate from [[Gansu]] to the [[Qilian Mountains]] and the [[Ili valley]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Beckwith |first=Christopher I. |author-link=Christopher I. Beckwith |year=2009 |title=Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Ue8BxLEMt4C |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |isbn=978-1-4008-2994-1|pages=380–383}}</ref>
*[[175 BC]]: (September 3) Upon the assassination of Seleucus IV Philopator, his brother [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]] takes possession of the Seleucid throne.<ref>M. Zambelli, "L'ascesa al trono di Antioco IV Epifane di Siria," ''[[Rivista di Filologia e di Istruzione Classica]]'' 38 (1960) 363–389</ref>
*[[171 BC]]: At the prompting of the Attalid king Eumenes II, the Romans declare war on Perseus, beginning the [[Third Macedonian War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bringmann|first=Klaus|title=A History of the Roman Republic|year=2007|orig-year=2002|location=Cambridge & Malden|translator=Smyth, W. J.|publisher=Polity Press|isbn=978-0-7456-3371-8|url=http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745633701|pages=98–99}}</ref>