Famous People from the 2nd Century BC

Guess the Names of these famous people, who lived in the 2nd century BC

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Reformed the Roman military and defeated Teutons and Cimbri	Gaius Marius
Lead an jewish uprising, which is still celebrated at Hanukkah	Jonathan Apphus
Roman politician, who marched on Rome and became dictator	Sulla
Plebeian tribune, who wanted to help the poor in Rome	Tiberius Gracchus
Younger brother of the former, who supported his policy	Gaius Gracchus
Important Han emperor, who expanded and strengthened the realm	Wu of Han
Slave, who became a succesfull latin playwright: "Andria"	Terence

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Historian of the rise of Rome, influenced ideas of Seperation of Power	Polybius
Overthrow the Mauryan Empire and founded the Shunga Empire	Pushyamitra Shunga
Mathematician, who worked on the topic of Conic Sections	Apollonius of Perga
Seleucid King, who lost at the Battle of Magnesia	Antiochus III the Great
Founder of Trigonometry and discoverer of the precession of the equinoxes	Hipparchus
King of Parthia, who conquered Babylon and became "King of Kings"	Mithridates II of Parthia
Indo-Greek conqueror of Punjab and Patron of Buddhism	Menander I