158 BC

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Events

By Place

Anatolia

Births

Deaths

Events

By Place

Anatolia

★ At the request of the Romans, Ariarathes V, king of Cappadocia, rejects a proposal from Seleucid king, Demetrius I, for him to marry the sister of Demetrius I. In response, Seleucid forces attack Cappadocia and remove Ariarathes V from the Cappadocian throne. Demetrius I then replaces him with Orophernes Nicephorus, a supposed son of the late king, Ariarathes IV. With Ariarathes V deprived of his kingdom, he flees to Rome.

★ Attalus II Philadelphus, the second son of Attalus I Soter of Pergamum ascends the throne following the death of his elder brother, Eumenes II.

Births

★ Publius Rutilius Rufus, Roman consul, statesman, orator and historian (d. c. 78 BC)

Deaths

★ Eumenes II, King of Pergamum who ruled from 197 BC and a member of the Attalid dynasty. A brilliant statesman, he brought his small kingdom to the peak of its power and made Pergamum a great centre of Greek culture in Anatolia.