180 BC - Deaths

Deaths

  • Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Roman statesman, consul in 195 BC, censor in 183 BC and colleague of Cato the Elder
  • Aristophanes of Byzantium, Greek scholar, critic and grammarian, particularly renowned for his work in Homeric scholarship, but also for work on other classical authors such as Pindar and Hesiod. After early studies under leading scholars in Alexandria, he has been chief librarian since about 195 BC (b. 257 BC)
  • Empress Dowager Lü, de facto ruler of the Chinese Han dynasty and wife of Emperor Gao
  • Liu Hong, fourth emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty


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