194 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
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:	197 BC 196 BC 195 BC – 194 BC – 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC

194 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

194 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	194 BC
Ab urbe condita	560
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4557
Bahá'í calendar	-2037–-2036
Bengali calendar	-786
Berber calendar	757
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	351
Burmese calendar	-831
Byzantine calendar	5315–5316
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (2443/2503) — to — 丁未年 (2444/2504)
Coptic calendar	-477–-476
Ethiopian calendar	-201–-200
Hebrew calendar	3567–3568
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-137–-136
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2908–2909
Holocene calendar	9807
Iranian calendar	815 BP – 814 BP
Islamic calendar	840 BH – 839 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2140
Minguo calendar	2105 before ROC 民前2105年
Thai solar calendar	350

Year 194 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Africanus and Longus (or, less frequently, year 560 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 194 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

By place

Greece

After checking the ambitions of the Spartan tyrant, Nabis, the Roman forces under pro-consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus finally withdraw from Greece.
With the Roman legions under Flaminius returning to Italy, the Greek states are once again on their own. The Romans leave the dominant powers in the region; the kingdom of Macedonia, the Aetolians, the strengthened Achaean League and the weakened Sparta. The Aetolians, who have opposed the Roman intervention in Greek affairs, incite the Spartan leader, Nabis, to retake his former territories and regain his influence in Greek affairs.

Seleucid Empire

With his peace agreement with the Egyptians in place, Antiochus III now turns his attention to the West. He is encouraged to challenge Rome's protection of the Greeks by his advisor, the former Carthaginian general Hannibal.
Philip V of Macedon, along with Rhodes, Pergamum, and the Achaean League, join Rome against Antiochus III.

Roman Republic

The Battle of Mutina is fought near Modena, between the Romans and the Gauls. The Romans are victorious in the battle which effectively ends the threat of the Gauls in Italy.
The Italian towns of Liternum and Puteoli become Roman colonies.

China

The construction of the first city wall of Chang'an begins.

Korea

The Wiman Joseon kingdom of northern Korea (Choson) is founded by the Chinese Han Dynasty general Wiman.

Births

Deaths

Eratosthenes, Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer (b. 276 BC)
Concubine Qi, also known as Lady Qi or Consort Qi, favoured concubine of Han Gaozu (personal name Liu Bang), the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty