Timeline of Ancient Rome - 2nd Century BC

2nd Century BC

• 197 BC :
  • Hispania Ulterior and Hispania Tarraconensis become Roman provinces
  • Number of quaestors raised from 8 to 12
  • number of praetors raised from 4 to 6
• 192/189 BC : Mediterranean Dominance : Roman–Syrian War
• 180 BC : Lex Villia annalis:
  • minimum ages for the cursus honorum offices
  • established an interval of two years between offices
• 172/167 BC : Macedon divided into 4 client republics : Third Macedonian War
• 154/138 BC : Roman conquest south of Lusitania : Lusitanian War
• 149/146 BC : Iberian Conquest : Third Punic War
• 149/148 BC : Macedon brought under Roman rule : Fourth Macedonian War
• 149 BC : Permanent extortion court established : Lex Calpurnia
• 146 BC : Scipio Aemilianus Africanus :
  • destroys Punic and Achean capitols : Carthage and Corinth
  • annexation : Macedonia and Africa : provinces
• 133 BC : Tribune Tiberius Gracchus secures agrarian reform and is murdered
• 121 BC :
  • Rome acquires Transalpine Gaul province (south of modern France)
  • Safe land route to Hispania
  • Senatus consultum de re publica defenda approved to pacify tribune Gaius Gracchus
• 112 BC : Jughurta of Numidia attacks in Numidia : Jugurthine War Starts
• 107 BC :
  • Gaius Marius elected consul based on election promise to end the war in one year.
  • Marian reforms of the Roman Legions put into effect.
• 106 BC
  • Gaius Marius re-elected consul in absentia, to continue the Jugurthine War
• 105 BC
  • Jughurta captured : Jugurthine War ends
  • Cimbri tribes inflict a major defeat on the Roman army : Battle of Arausio
• 104/102 BC : Gaius Marius elected consul for three years in a row
• 102 BC : Gaius Marius Consular armies defeat Teutons : Battle of Aquae Sextiae
• 101 BC : Proconsul Marius and Consul Quintus Lutatius Catulus lead defeat of Cimbri : Battle of Vercellae
• 100 BC
  • Gaius Marius re-elected consul for 6th term
  • Lucius Appuleius Saturninus political scandal forces Gaius Marius to retire from public life.