Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC
Years:	188 BC 187 BC 186 BC 185 BC 184 BC 183 BC 182 BC

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185 BC by topic
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185 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	185 BC CLXXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	569
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 139
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 19
Ancient Greek era	148th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4566
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−777
Berber calendar	766
Buddhist calendar	360
Burmese calendar	−822
Byzantine calendar	5324–5325
Chinese calendar	乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2513 or 2306 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 2514 or 2307
Coptic calendar	−468 – −467
Discordian calendar	982
Ethiopian calendar	−192 – −191
Hebrew calendar	3576–3577
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−128 – −127
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2916–2917
Holocene calendar	9816
Iranian calendar	806 BP – 805 BP
Islamic calendar	831 BH – 830 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2149
Minguo calendar	2096 before ROC 民前2096年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1652
Seleucid era	127/128 AG
Thai solar calendar	358–359
Tibetan calendar	阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) −58 or −439 or −1211 — to — 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) −57 or −438 or −1210

Year 185 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Puditanus (or, less frequently, year 569 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 185 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

By place

Roman Republic

The Roman general Scipio Africanus and his brother Lucius are accused by Cato the Elder and his supporters of having received bribes from the late Seleucid king Antiochus III. Scipio defies his accusers, reminds the Romans of their debt to him, and retires to his country house at Liternum in Campania. However, Cato is successful in breaking the political influence of Lucius Scipio and Scipio Africanus.

Egypt

The civil war between the northern and southern areas of Egypt ends with the arrest of Ankmachis by the Ptolemaic general Conanus.

India

Pushyamitra Shunga assassinates the Mauryan emperor Brhadrata, which brings an end to that dynasty, after which he founds the Shunga dynasty.

Births

Panaetius of Rhodes, Greek philosopher (d. 110 BC)
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus, leading general and politician of the Roman Republic. As consul he will be the commander of the final siege and destruction of Carthage and will be the leader of the senators opposed to the Gracchi (d. 129 BC)

Deaths

Brhadrata, Indian emperor, last ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty (from 197 BC)