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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general [[Scipio Africanus]] and his brother [[Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus|Lucius]] are accused by [[Cato the Elder]] and his supporters of having received bribes from the late [[Seleucid]] king [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]]. Scipio defies his accusers, reminds the Romans of their debt to him, and retires to his country house at [[Liternum]] in [[Campania]]. However, Cato is successful in breaking the political influence of Lucius Scipio and Scipio Africanus.

==== Egypt ====
* The civil war between the northern and southern areas of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] ends with the arrest of [[Ankmachis]] by the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] general Conanus.

==== India ====
* [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] assassinates the [[Mauryan dynasty|Mauryan]] emperor [[Brhadrata]], which brings an end to that dynasty, after which he founds the [[Shunga dynasty]].
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