This page relates to the year -180 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

China

• After the death of the empress dowager Lu Zhi, who directed the China since the death of Liu Bang, the emperor Wendi, of its personal name Liu Heng, goes up on the throne (fine in -157). The Lu Zhi partisans are cut the throat of by the imperial princes.

India

• Beginning supposed of the reign of Kharavela, king of Kalinga (? - 180? - 130). It carries out many military forwardings against its neighbors.
• the Kalinga is then one of the richest kingdoms of India. It trades with the Burma.
• Creation of the Kingdom indo-Greek in North.

• Beginning of the reign of Agathocle de Bactriane with Mathura.

Roman world

• With Rome, Consul At of Aulus Postumius Albinus Luscus and Caius Calpurnius Piso Cinsuls Suffects: Q. Fulvius Flaccus.

• Law “'' Villia Annalis ''”, which regulates the “ Cursus honorum ” to fight against the personal ambitions.
• Lucques becomes a colony.
• the Romans authorize Cumes to write its instruments in Latin, and either in Greek.
• the Senate decides the installation of 47  000 Ligure in central Italy.
• Tibérius Sempronius Gracchus is named praetor in Spain Citérieure. It alleviates the revolt of the Celtibère S by its moderation (- 180 -179). After its departure (-178), Roman Spain knows peace until in -154, disturbed only by accidents without much importance and strictly localized.

Art & culture

• the Grand Furnace bridge of Pergame with the low-relief of the Gigantomachie is completed.

Births

Death in -180

• Aristophane of Byzance (born in -257), grammairien and critical Greek, director of the library of Alexandria.

• Apollonius de Perga (born in -262) mathematician who taught with Alexandria and Pergame, author of a treaty relating to the conic sections and work on the value of pi.