By place Asia Minor •
Eumenes II becomes King of
Pergamum following the death of his father
Attalus I Soter. •
Antiochus III occupies parts of the kingdom of Pergamum and a number of Greek cities in
Anatolia.
Egypt • The
Egyptian King,
Ptolemy V, fights rebels in the
Nile Delta, exhibiting great cruelty toward those of their leaders who capitulate.
Greece • The
Spartan ruler,
Nabis, acquires the important city of
Argos from
Philip V of Macedon, as the price of his alliance with the Macedonians. Nabis then defects to the
Romans in the expectation of being able to hold on to his conquest. • The
Battle of Cynoscephalae in
Thessaly gives a Roman army under proconsul
Titus Quinctius Flamininus a decisive victory over Philip V of Macedon. In the
Treaty of Tempe, the terms of the peace proposed by the Roman general and adopted by the
Roman Senate specify that Philip V can retain his throne and control of Macedonia, but he has to abandon all the Greek cities he has conquered. Philip also has to provide to the Romans 1,000
talents as
indemnity, surrender most of his fleet and provide hostages, including his younger son, Demetrius, who is to be held in Rome. The
Aetolians propose that Philip V be ejected from his throne but Flamininus opposes this. • The volcanic island of
Hiera emerges from under the sea near
Thera.
Hispania •
Hispania is divided into
Hispania Ulterior and
Hispania Citerior. • The
Iberian revolt breaks out in Citerior and Ulterior against Roman domination.
China •
Chen Xi begins a rebellion against the
Han dynasty in the
Dai region of the northern frontier. == Deaths ==