- 191 BC
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Events
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Roman Republic
* The Romans under Manius Acilius Glabrio and
Cato the Elder cut theSeleucid king Antiochus III off from his reinforcements inThrace and outflank his position at the pass ofThermopylae in the Battle of Thermopylae. With the remainder of his troops, Antiochus flees toChalcis onEuboea and from there he retreats by sea toEphesus .
* Manius Acilius Glabrio then turns his attention to theAetolian League , which has persuaded Antiochus to declare war against Rome, and is only prevented from crushing them by the intercession ofTitus Quinctius Flamininus .
*Scipio Africanus persuades theRoman Senate to continue the war against Antiochus III by making him the chief commander and allowing him and his brother,Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus , to follow Antiochus intoAnatolia .
* TheRoman calendar , which is four months ahead of the seasons, is adjusted (by "Lex Acilia de intercalando ").
*Cisalpine Gaul becomes a Roman province.Carthage
* The Carthaginians manage to collect the
indemnity due to Rome (through the peace treaty signed between them ten years earlier) but not payable in full for 50 years. The Romans, in order to keep their hold on Carthage, refuse to accept the early payment of the indemnity.Parthia
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Arsaces II , king ofParthia , is considered to have been murdered on the orders of Antiochus III. Arsaces is succeeded by his cousin Phriapatius.China
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Emperor Hui of Han lifts the ban on Confucian writings ordered in213 BC .Births
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Arsaces II , King ofParthia , who has reigned from about211 BC (murdered)
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