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169 BC

Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC

Years: 174 BC 173 BC 172 BC 171 BC 170 BC - 169 BC - 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC

Events

Start of the Third Macedonian War, between the Roman empire under Marcius Philippus and the Antigonid dynasty under Perseus.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes desecrates the Temple in Jerusalem.

Birth

Deaths

Ennius, Roman author.

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