179 BC

• Tiberius Gracchus Major
  Tiberius Gracchus Major
  Tiberius Gracchus major or Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC...
  
   goes to Hispania
  Hispania
  Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior...
  
   as Roman
  Roman Republic
  The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c...
  
   governor to deal with uprisings there.
• The Pons Aemilius
  Pons Aemilius
  The Pons Aemilius , today called Ponte Rotto, is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy. Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC...
  
   is completed across the Tiber River in Rome. It is regarded as the world's first stone bridge.
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is appointed both censor and princeps senatus
  Princeps senatus
  The princeps senatus was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate. Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, this office brought enormous prestige to the senator holding it.-Overview:...
  
  .

• Philip V of Macedon
  Philip V of Macedon
  Philip V was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome.-Early life:...
  
   dies at Amphipolis
  Amphipolis
  Amphipolis was an ancient Greek city in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day periphery of Central Macedonia. It was built on a raised plateau overlooking the east bank of the river Strymon where it emerged from Lake Cercinitis, about 3 m. from the Aegean Sea. Founded in...
  
   in Macedon
  Macedon
  Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paionia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south...
  
  ia, remorseful for having put his younger son Demetrius to death, at the instigation of his older son Perseus
  Perseus of Macedon
  Perseus was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great...
  
  .

Roman Republic

• Tiberius Gracchus Major
  Tiberius Gracchus Major
  Tiberius Gracchus major or Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC...
  
   goes to Hispania
  Hispania
  Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior...
  
   as Roman
  Roman Republic
  The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c...
  
   governor to deal with uprisings there.
• The Pons Aemilius
  Pons Aemilius
  The Pons Aemilius , today called Ponte Rotto, is the oldest Roman stone bridge in Rome, Italy. Preceded by a wooden version, it was rebuilt in stone in the 2nd century BC...
  
   is completed across the Tiber River in Rome. It is regarded as the world's first stone bridge.
• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is appointed both censor and princeps senatus
  Princeps senatus
  The princeps senatus was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate. Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, this office brought enormous prestige to the senator holding it.-Overview:...
  
  .

Greece

• Philip V of Macedon
  Philip V of Macedon
  Philip V was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome.-Early life:...
  
   dies at Amphipolis
  Amphipolis
  Amphipolis was an ancient Greek city in the region once inhabited by the Edoni people in the present-day periphery of Central Macedonia. It was built on a raised plateau overlooking the east bank of the river Strymon where it emerged from Lake Cercinitis, about 3 m. from the Aegean Sea. Founded in...
  
   in Macedon
  Macedon
  Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paionia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south...
  
  ia, remorseful for having put his younger son Demetrius to death, at the instigation of his older son Perseus
  Perseus of Macedon
  Perseus was the last king of the Antigonid dynasty, who ruled the successor state in Macedon created upon the death of Alexander the Great...
  
  . Nevertheless, he is succeeded by his son Perseus.

Asia Minor

• Eumenes II of Pergamum defeats Pharnaces I of Pontus
  Pharnaces I of Pontus
  Pharnaces I , fifth king of Pontus, was the son of Mithridates III, who he succeeded on the throne....
  
   in a major battle. Finding himself unable to cope with the combined forces of Eumenes and Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia
  Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia
  Ariarathes IV Eusebes , son of the king of Cappadocia Ariarathes III, was a child at his accession, and reigned 220—163 BC, about 57 years. He married Antiochis, the daughter of Antiochus III the Great, king of Syria, and wife Leodice III, and, in consequence of this alliance, assisted Antiochus in...
  
  , Pharnaces is compelled to purchase peace by ceding all his conquests in Galatia
  Galatia
  Ancient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia, an ancient region of Asia Minor, was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC...
  
   and Paphlagonia
  Paphlagonia
  Paphlagonia was an ancient area on the Black Sea coast of north central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus to the east, and separated from Phrygia by a prolongation to the east of the Bithynian Olympus...
  
  , with the exception of Sinope
  Sinop, Turkey
  Sinop is a city with a population of 47,000 on İnce Burun , by its Cape Sinop which is situated on the most northern edge of the Turkish side of Black Sea coast, in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, in modern-day northern Turkey, historically known as Sinope...
  
  .

Births

• Liu An
  Liu An
  Líu Ān was a Chinese prince and advisor to his nephew Emperor Wu of Han of Han Dynasty in China and the legendary inventor of tai chi...
  
  , Chinese prince, geographer, and cartographer (d. 122 BC
  122 BC
  -Rome:* Marcus Fulvius Flaccus and Gaius Gracchus become tribunes and propose a number of radical reforms in Rome....
  
  )
• Sima Xiangru
  Sima Xiangru
  Sima Xiangru was a Chinese writer. He was a minor official of the Western Han Dynasty but was better known for his poetic skills, jiu business, and controversial marriage to the widow Zhuo Wenjun after both eloped...
  
  , Chinese statesman, poet, and musician (d. 117 BC
  117 BC
  -Deaths:*Huo Qubing, Chinese general of the Han Dynasty *Sima Xiangru, Chinese statesman, poet, and musician...
  
  )
• Dong Zhongshu
  Dong Zhongshu
  Dong Zhongshu was a Han Dynasty scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state....
  
  , Chinese scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism
  Confucianism
  Confucianism is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius . It is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical, and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia...
  
   as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state (d. 104 BC
  104 BC
  -Rome:* Athenion starts a slave rebellion in Segesta.* In Rome exist a state of emergency, the way to Italy lays open to the Germanic invaders. Gaius Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, is elected consul for the second time.* Second Servile War starts in Sicily....
  
  )

Deaths

• Philip V
  Philip V of Macedon
  Philip V was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by an unsuccessful struggle with the emerging power of Rome.-Early life:...
  
  , king of Macedon
  Macedon
  Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom, centered in the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, bordered by Epirus to the west, Paionia to the north, the region of Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south...
  
  ia from 221 BC
  221 BC
  -Carthage:* The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal is murdered by a Celtic assassin while campaigning to increase the Carthaginian hold on Spain. Following the assassination of Hasdrubal, Hannibal, the son of the Carthaginian general, Hamilcar Barca, is proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and his...
  
  , whose attempt to extend Macedonian influence throughout Greece
  Ancient Greece
  Ancient Greece is the civilisation belonging to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the...
  
   has occurred at a time of growing Roman
  Roman Republic
  The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a republican form of government. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, c...
  
   involvement in Greek affairs and resulted in his military defeat by Rome (b. 238 BC
  238 BC
  -Carthage:* Hamilcar Barca strikes at the supply lines of the mercenary army besieging Carthage, forcing them to cease the siege of the city. He then fights a series of running engagements with the mercenary armies, keeping them off-balance. Hamilcar manages to force the mercenary armies into a box...
  
  )
• Liu Xiang
  Liu Xiang (Han Dynasty)
  Liu Xiang , also known as Prince Ai of Qi was a key player during the Lü Clan Disturbance . He was the grandson of Emperor Gao of Han and the son of Prince Liu Fei of Qi by Consort Si....
  
  , Chinese prince involved in the Lü Clan Disturbance
  Lü Clan Disturbance
  The Lü Clan Disturbance refers to a political disturbance after the death of Grand Empress Dowager Lü of Han Dynasty, the aftermaths of which saw the clan of the deceased empress' family, the Lü consort clan being overthrown from their seats of power and massacred, the deposing of the puppet...
  
   in 180 BC
  180 BC
  -Greece:* After three years of intriguing against his younger brother Demetrius, including accusing him of coveting the succession to the Macedonian throne and being allied to Rome, Perseus persuades his father King Philip V of Macedon to have Demetrius executed....
  
   and grandson of Emperor Gao of Han