194 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	220s BC  210s BC  200s BC  – 190s BC –  180s BC  170s BC  160s BC
Years:	197 BC 196 BC 195 BC – 194 BC – 193 BC 192 BC 191 BC

194 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	194 BC CXCIII BC
Ab urbe condita	560
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 130
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 10
Ancient Greek era	146th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4557
Bengali calendar	−786
Berber calendar	757
Buddhist calendar	351
Burmese calendar	−831
Byzantine calendar	5315–5316
Chinese calendar	丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2503 or 2443     — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 2504 or 2444
Coptic calendar	−477 – −476
Discordian calendar	973
Ethiopian calendar	−201 – −200
Hebrew calendar	3567–3568
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−137 – −136
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2908–2909
Holocene calendar	9807
Iranian calendar	815 BP – 814 BP
Islamic calendar	840 BH – 839 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2140
Minguo calendar	2105 before ROC 民前2105年
Seleucid era	118/119 AG
Thai solar calendar	349–350

Year 194 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Africanus and Longus (or, less frequently, year 560 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 194 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

Greece

• After checking the ambitions of the Spartan tyrant, Nabis, the Roman forces under pro-consul Titus Quinctius Flamininus finally withdraw from Greece.
• With the Roman legions under Flaminius returning to Italy, the Greek states are once again on their own. The Romans leave the dominant powers in the region; the kingdom of Macedonia, the Aetolians, the strengthened Achaean League and the weakened Sparta. The Aetolians, who have opposed the Roman intervention in Greek affairs, incite the Spartan leader, Nabis, to retake his former territories and regain his influence in Greek affairs.

Seleucid Empire

• With his peace agreement with the Egyptians in place, Antiochus III now turns his attention to the West. He is encouraged to challenge Rome's protection of the Greeks by his advisor, the former Carthaginian general Hannibal.
• Philip V of Macedon, along with Rhodes, Pergamum, and the Achaean League, join Rome against Antiochus III.

Roman Republic

• The Battle of Mutina is fought near Modena, between the Romans and the Gauls. The Romans are victorious in the battle which effectively ends the threat of the Gauls in Italy.
• The Italian towns of Liternum and Puteoli become Roman colonies.

China

• The construction of the first city wall of Chang'an begins.

Korea

• The Wiman Joseon kingdom of northern Korea (Choson) is founded by the Chinese Han Dynasty general Wiman.

Deaths

• Eratosthenes, Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer (b. 276 BC)
• Concubine Qi, also known as Lady Qi or Consort Qi, favoured concubine of Han Gaozu (personal name Liu Bang), the first emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty