181 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC · 1st century BC |
| Decades: | 210s BC · 200s BC · 190s BC · 180s BC · 170s BC · 160s BC · 150s BC |
| Years: | 184 BC · 183 BC · 182 BC · 181 BC · 180 BC · 179 BC · 178 BC |
| 181 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 181 BC CLXXX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 573 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 143 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 23 |
| Ancient Greek era | 149th Olympiad, year 4 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4570 |
| Bengali calendar | −773 |
| Berber calendar | 770 |
| Buddhist calendar | 364 |
| Burmese calendar | −818 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5328–5329 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 2516 or 2456 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2517 or 2457 |
| Coptic calendar | −464 – −463 |
| Discordian calendar | 986 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −188 – −187 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3580–3581 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −124 – −123 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2920–2921 |
| Holocene calendar | 9820 |
| Iranian calendar | 802 BP – 801 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 827 BH – 826 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2153 |
| Minguo calendar | 2092 before ROC 民前2092年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1648 |
| Seleucid era | 131/132 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 362–363 |
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Year 181 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cethegus and Tamphilus (or, less frequently, year 573 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 181 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Egypt
- Ptolemy V is poisoned after a reign of 24 years in which the Egyptian kingdom has declined in power and influence and has lost most of its empire outside Egypt other than Cyprus and Cyrenaica. The elder of his two sons, Ptolemy VI Philometor succeeds him, but since he is an infant, he rules under the regency of his mother Cleopatra the Syrian.
Roman Republic
- Rome founds a colony at Aquileia, on the narrow strip of land between the mountains and the lagoons, as a frontier fortress to check the advance of the Illyrians.
Asia Minor
- Pharnaces I of Pontus decides to attack both Eumenes II of Pergamum and Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia and therefore invades Galatia with a large force. Eumenes leads an army to oppose him, however, hostilities are soon suspended following the arrival of Roman deputies, who have been appointed by the Roman Senate to inquire into the matters in dispute. Negotiations take place at Pergamum but are inconclusive, with Pharnaces' demands being rejected by the Romans as unreasonable. As a consequence, the war between Pontus and Pergamum and Cappadocia is renewed.
Births
Deaths
- Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Ptolemaic dynasty ruler of Egypt who has reigned from 204 BC
References
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