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 |
| 164 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 164 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 590 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2007 – -2006 |
| Berber calendar | 787 |
| Buddhist calendar | 381 |
| Burmese calendar | -801 |
| Chinese calendar | 2473/2533 (子年) — to —
2474/2534([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -447 – -446 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -171 – -170 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3597 – 3598 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -108 – -107 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2938 – 2939 |
| Holocene calendar | 9837 |
| Iranian calendar | 785 BP – 784 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 809 BH – 808 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2170 |
| Thai solar calendar | 380 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Egypt
- The Egyptian King Ptolemy VI Philometor is expelled from Alexandria by his brother Ptolemy VIII Euergetes and flees to Rome to seek support.
[edit] Seleucid Empire
- The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes dies while on a campaign in Tabae (or Gabae, now Isfahan) in Persia. He is succeeded by his son Antiochus V Eupator who is only nine years old. The regent for the boy is the late king's chancellor, Lysias, who has been left in charge of Syria when Antiochus IV departed for his campaign in Persia. Lysias is, however, seriously challenged by other Syrian generals and finds himself with a precarious hold on power. To make matters worse for him, the Roman Senate is holding Demetrius, the son of the former king Seleucus IV and, therefore, the rightful heir to the Seleucid throne, as a hostage. By threatening to release him, the Senate is able to influence events in the Seleucid kingdom.
- The Battle of Beth Zur is fought between Jewish rebel forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid army led by the regent Lysias. Judas Maccabeus wins the battle and is able to recapture Jerusalem soon after. Judas purifies the defiled Temple in Jerusalem, destroys the idols erected there by Antiochus IV and restores the service in the Temple. The reconsecration of the Temple becomes an annual feast of dedication in the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah.
[edit] Roman Republic
- Rhodes signs a treaty with Rome and becomes its ally.
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus is elected censor in Rome.
[edit] Births
- Cleopatra Thea Euergetis ("Benefactress"), ruler of the Seleucid kingdom from 125 BC, a daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt and his sister/wife Cleopatra II (d. 121 BC) (approximate date)
