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Year '''189 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Nobilior and Vulso''' (or, less frequently, '''year 565 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 189 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Cato the Elder]] criticizes the [[consul]] [[Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (consul 189 BC)|Marcus Fulvius Nobilior]] for giving awards to [[Roman Republic|Roman]] soldiers for doing ordinary tasks, such as digging wells.

==== Greece ====
* The defeat of [[Antiochus III the Great|Antiochus III]] by the Romans in the [[Battle of Magnesia]] robs the [[Aetolian League]] of its principal foreign ally and makes it impossible for them to stand alone in continued opposition to Rome. The League is forced to sign a peace treaty with Rome that makes it a subject ally of the Republic. Although the League continues to exist in name, the power of the League is broken by the treaty and it never again constitutes a significant political or military force.

==== Asia Minor ====
* The [[Roman Republic|Romans]] under [[consul]] [[Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 189 BC)|Gnaeus Manlius Vulso]], along with a Pergamene army under [[Eumenes II]], defeat the [[Galatia]]ns in [[Anatolia]] and make them subjects of [[Pergamum]].
* The city of [[Alaşehir|Philadelphia]] (now [[Alaşehir]], [[Turkey]]) is founded by King Eumenes II of Pergamon. Eumenes names the city after his brother, [[Attalus II Philadelphus|Attalus]], whose loyalty earns him the nickname, "Philadelphus", literally meaning "one who loves his brother".
* The territory of [[History of Artsakh|Artsakh]] first became known for being inhabited by [[Armenia|Armenians]]-notably within the city of [[Tigranakert of Artsakh|Tigranakert]], one of four cities named after [[Tigranes the Great]] in the ancient Armenian empire. 
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== Deaths ==
* [[Fan Kuai]], Chinese general and politician of the [[Han dynasty]] (during the [[Chu-Han Contention]]) 
* [[Liu Fei, Prince of Qi|Liu Fei]], Chinese prince and proclaimed king of the former [[Qi (state)|Qi State]] ([[Zhou dynasty]]) (b. [[221 BC]])
* [[Zhang Liang (Western Han)|Zhang Liang]], Chinese rebel and taoist, who has helped [[Liu Bang]] establish the Han dynasty (b. [[262 BC]])

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