Timeline History

The 2nd century BC

442 recorded events across 91 years of the 2nd century BC, 200 BC to 101 BC. 304 of them are dated to a specific year; the rest are recorded only as belonging to the 2nd century BC. The largest categories are people (315), wars & conflicts (102) and empires & countries (15).

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Busiest years

Every year in the 2nd century BC

Years with no recorded events are omitted. The number is how many events are dated precisely to that year; entries known only to a century or decade are listed on the year page separately.