page_title: 2nd century BC
section_title: Significant people
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd century BC / Significant people
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Terence, cropped from File:Vaticana, Vat. lat. 3868 (2r).jpg
context_page_description: The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, although depending on the region being studied, other terms may be more suitable. It also considered to be the end of the Axial Age. In the context of the Eastern Mediterranean, it is referred to as the Hellenistic period.
  Fresh from its victories in the Second Punic War, the Roman Republic continued its expansion into neighboring territories, eventually annexing Greece and the North African coast, after destroying the city of Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War. Rome's influence was also felt in the Near East, as crumbling Hellenistic states like the Seleucid Empire were forced to make treaties on Roman terms to avoid confrontation with the new masters of the western Mediterranean. The end of the century witnessed the reform of the Roman Army from a citizen army into a voluntary professional force, under the guidance of the noted general and statesman Gaius Marius.
  In South Asia, the Mauryan Empire in India collapsed when Brihadnatha, the last emperor, was killed by Pushyamitra Shunga, a Mauryan general and the founder of the Shunga Empire.
context_section_description: Andriscus, last independent ruler of Macedon
  Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the last effective ruler of the Seleucid Empire
  Antiochus VII Sidetes, last King of a United Seleucid Empire
  Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman consul and censor
  Boiorix, king of the Cimbri
  Cato the Elder, Roman politician, writer and historian
  Gaius Gracchus, Roman politician
  Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician
  Huo Qubing, Chinese general
  Jonathan Maccabaeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and first autonomous ruler of Judea
  Judas Maccabeus, leader of the Hasmonean rebellion and its first successful general
  Li Guang, Chinese general
  Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Roman general and politician
  Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus, Roman general
  Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, Roman general
  Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and politician
  Lucius Mummius Achaicus, conqueror of Corinth
  Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC), Roman politician
  Perseus of Macedon, last King of the Antigonid dynasty
  Publius Mucius Scaevola, Roman politician
  Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Roman general and politician
  Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, Roman general and politician
  Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Roman general
  Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, conqueror of Carthage
  Teutobod, King of the Teutons
  Tiberius Gracchus Roman politician and statesman
  Wei Qing, Chinese general
  Emperor Wu of Han (漢武帝,劉徹), seventh Han Dynasty emperor, who consolidated and expanded imperial power in China
  Zhang Qian (張騫), Chinese diplomat and explorer
  Zhao Tuo, Chinese military commander who founded the Trieu dynasty
caption: Terence
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