159 BC

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Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	180s BC 170s BC 160s BC – 150s BC – 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC
Years:	162 BC 161 BC 160 BC – 159 BC – 158 BC 157 BC 156 BC

159 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
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159 BC in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	159 BC
Ab urbe condita	595
Armenian calendar	N/A
Assyrian calendar	4592
Bahá'í calendar	−2002 – −2001
Bengali calendar	−751
Berber calendar	792
English Regnal year	N/A
Buddhist calendar	386
Burmese calendar	−796
Byzantine calendar	5350–5351
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2538 or 2478 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2539 or 2479
Coptic calendar	−442 – −441
Discordian calendar	1008
Ethiopian calendar	−166 – −165
Hebrew calendar	3602–3603
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−102 – −101
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2943–2944
Holocene calendar	9842
Igbo calendar	−1158 – −1157
Iranian calendar	780 BP – 779 BP
Islamic calendar	804 BH – 803 BH
Japanese calendar	N/A
Juche calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2175
Minguo calendar	2070 before ROC 民前2070年
Thai solar calendar	385
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Year 159 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dolabella and Nobilior (or, less frequently, year 595 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 159 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

Seleucid Empire

With the Seleucid victory in Judea over the Maccabees, Alcimus is re-established as the Jewish high priest and a strong force is left in Jerusalem to support him. However, he does not enjoy his triumph for long as he dies soon after from a paralytic stroke.

Bactria

While Eucratides I is in north west India to claim possession of the previous Bactrian King Demetrius I's territory there, the Parthians, under Mithradates I, annex two Bactrian provinces. Returning from India to reconquer them, Eucratides is murdered by his son.

Births

Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur, politician of the Roman Republic and an early authority on Roman law (d. 88 BC) (approximate date)

Deaths

Eucratides I, king of Bactria, who has reigned since around 170 BC.
Eumenes II, king of Pergamon.
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Roman comic dramatist, the author of six verse comedies that are long regarded as models of pure Latin (b. c. 195 BC) (approximate date).
Alcimus, high priest of Judea.

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