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Year '''187 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Flaminius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 567 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 187 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Seleucid Empire ====
* The [[Seleucid]] king, [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]], attempts to collect tribute from a temple near [[Susa]], [[Persia]], where he was killed. He is succeeded by his son, [[Seleucus IV Philopator|Seleucus IV]], who inherits an empire consisting of [[Syria]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Babylonia]], western [[Iran]].<ref name=antIII>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-III-the-Great | access-date=February 26, 2024 | title=Antiochus III the Great | first=Hans | last=Volkmann | date=February 13, 2024 | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

==== 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.

==== Egypt ====
* Queen [[Cleopatra I Syra|Cleopatra I]] is appointed [[Vizier]] (Chief Minister) to the King [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]].
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==Births==
* [[Demetrius I Soter]], king of [[Syria]] (approximate year) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demetrius-I-Soter | access-date=February 26, 2024 | title=Demetrius I Soter | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Antiochus III the Great]], Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire from [[223 BC]] (b. c. [[241 BC]])<ref name=antIII/>

== References ==
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