Year by year · 2nd century BCE

196 BCE

196 BCE in world history: 2 events, 3 deaths and 1 work. 353 recorded states existed that year.

ProfileState243 states with a known seat in 196 BCEOpen the atlas at 196 BCE →

In the profiles

  • Ptolemaic EmpirePriests issue the decree later inscribed on the Rosetta Stone
  • Ancient EgyptianA decree of Ptolemy V is inscribed in hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek on the Rosetta Stone

Died in 196 BCE 3

Works 1

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). 196 BCE. In The Epoch Institute, Year by Year. https://the-epoch-institute.org/years/196-bce
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