The world in 188 BC — what happened that year

8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

The Emperor Hui died at the Weiyang Palace. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷002 惠帝七年八月)
When Emperor Hui died, Empress Lü wept but did not shed tears; on Zhang Bi Qiang's advice she placed Lü kinsmen in the Northern and Southern Armies, and Lü power began. (Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals 史記卷009 呂太后本紀)

The treaty with Antiochus: disputes to be settled by arbitration, or by war if both sides wish, with a clause on the surrender of Hannibal and others (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 38.38)
The consul combined ships gathered on the coast with Eumenes's fleet and ferried the army across the Hellespont (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 38.40)
Text of the Treaty of Apamea between Antiochus and Rome (Polybius, Histories 21.45)
Burning of Antiochus' ships at Patara (Polybius, Histories 21.46)
The final settlement of Asia Minor at Apamea (Polybius, Histories 21.48)

He reached the river Hebrus in a day and passed the temple of Apollo at Zerynthus into the land of the Aenians (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 38.41)

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.