- 158 BC
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Ariarathes V , king ofCappadocia , rejects a proposal from theSeleucid king, Demetrius I, for him to marry the sister of Demetrius I. In response, Seleucid forces attack Cappadocia and remove Ariarathes V from the Cappadocian throne. Demetrius I then replaces him with Orophernes Nicephorus, a supposed son of the late king,Ariarathes IV . With Ariarathes V deprived of his kingdom, he flees to Rome.
*Attalus II Philadelphus , the second son ofAttalus I Soter ofPergamum , ascends the throne following the death of his elder brother,Eumenes II .Births
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Publius Rutilius Rufus , Romanconsul , statesman, orator and historian (d. c.78 BC )Deaths
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Eumenes II , King ofPergamum who has ruled since197 BC and a member of theAttalid dynasty ; a brilliant statesman, he has brought his small kingdom to the peak of its power and made Pergamum a great centre of Greek culture inAnatolia
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