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Year 196 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Purpureo and Marcellus (or, less frequently, year 558 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 196 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...
Year Date Event 200 BC: Second Macedonian War: A Roman fleet arrived in Illyria to relieve a Macedonian siege of Abydos. 197 BC: The provinces of Hispania Ulterior and Hispania Citerior were organized. The number of quaestors was increased to twelve. The number of Praetors was increased to six. 196 BC
196 BC. Han Xin, Chinese general during the Chu–Han Contention; Marcus Cornelius Cethegus, Roman consul and censor; Peng Yue, Chinese general of the Western Han dynasty; Xin, Chinese king during the Warring States period; 195 BC. June 1 – Gaozu of Han (or Gao), first emperor of the Chinese Han dynasty, who has ruled since 202 BC (b. 256 or ...
The date is given as "4 Xandikos" in the Macedonian calendar and "18 Mekhir" in the Egyptian calendar, which corresponds to 27 March 196 BC. The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V's reign (equated with 197/196 BC), which is confirmed by naming four priests who officiated in that year: Aetos son of Aetos was priest of the divine cults ...
In any case, the result of the battle of Cynoscephalae was a fatal blow to the political aspirations of the Macedonian kingdom; Macedonia would never again be in a position to challenge Rome's geopolitical expansion. Although the peace that followed in 196 BC allowed Philip to keep his kingdom intact, Philip was forced to; [4] [8] [17] [18]
For computational reasons, astronomical year numbering and the ISO 8601 standard designate years so that AD 1 = year 1, 1 BC = year 0, 2 BC = year −1, etc. [c] In common usage, ancient dates are expressed in the Julian calendar, but ISO 8601 uses the Gregorian calendar and astronomers may use a variety of time scales depending on the ...
In 198 BC he occupied Anticyra in Phocis and made it his naval yard and his main provisioning port. [26] During the period from 197 to 194 BC, from his seat in Elateia, Flamininus directed the political affairs of the Greek states. In 196 BC Flamininus appeared at the Isthmian Games in Corinth and proclaimed
196 BC deaths (7 P) R. Rosetta Stone (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "196 BC" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect ...