164 BC
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Centuries: | 3rd century BC · 2nd century BC · 1st century BC |
Decades: | 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC |
Years: | 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Syria
- November 21 - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
- Antiochus V Eupator becomes king in Syria.
- In the Battle of Beth Zachariah, the Seleucid regent Lysias defeats Jewish rebels.
[edit] Egypt
- In October, Ptolemy VI of Egypt goes to Rome to ask for help from the Senate.
[edit] Rome
- Rhodes signs a treaty with Rome and becomes an ally.
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus is elected censor in Rome.
[edit] Births
- Cleopatra Thea (approximate)