197 BC
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Centuries: | 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC |
Decades: | 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC |
Years: | 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC - 197 BC - 196 BC 195 BC 194 BC |
197 BC by topic | |
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Gregorian calendar | 197 BC |
Ab urbe condita | 557 |
Armenian calendar | N/A |
Bahá'í calendar | -2040 – -2039 |
Berber calendar | 754 |
Buddhist calendar | 348 |
Burmese calendar | -834 |
Chinese calendar | 2440/2500 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2441/2501(甲年) |
Coptic calendar | -480 – -479 |
Ethiopian calendar | -204 – -203 |
Hebrew calendar | 3564 – 3565 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | -141 – -140 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2905 – 2906 |
Holocene calendar | 9804 |
Iranian calendar | 818 BP – 817 BP |
Islamic calendar | 843 BH – 842 BH |
Japanese calendar | |
Korean calendar | 2137 |
Thai solar calendar | 347 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] 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 pro-consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus a decisive victory over Philip V of Macedon. 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 are to be held in Rome.
- Rome's allies in Greece, the Achaean League, are displeased that Philip V is allowed to retain his kingdom as they want Macedonia to be dismantled completely.
[edit] Anatolia
- 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.
[edit] Egypt
- The Egyptian King, Ptolemy V, fights rebels in the Nile Delta, exhibiting great cruelty toward those of their leaders who capitulate.