By place Seleucid Empire • The
Seleucid king,
Antiochus III, attempts to collect tribute from a temple near
Susa,
Persia, where he was killed. He is succeeded by his son,
Seleucus IV, who inherits an empire consisting of
Syria,
Mesopotamia,
Babylonia, western
Iran.
Roman Republic •
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), is completed.
Egypt • Queen
Cleopatra I is appointed
Vizier (Chief Minister) to the King
Ptolemy V Epiphanes. ==Births==