185 BC

__NOTOC__

Events

By place

Roman Republic

* The Roman general Scipio Africanus and his brother Lucius are accused by Cato the Elder and his supporters of having received bribes from the late Seleucid king 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 Egypt ends with the arrest of Ankmachis by the Ptolemaic general Conanus.

India

* Pusyamitra Sunga assassinates the Mauryan emperor Brhadrata, which brings an end to that dynasty, after which he founds the Sunga dynasty.

Births

* Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, leading general and politician of the Roman Republic. As consul he will be the commander of the final siege and destruction of Carthage and will be the leader of the senators opposed to the Gracchi (d. 129 BC)

Deaths

* Brhadrata, Indian emperor, last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty (from 197 BC)