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Calendar year
Year
160 BC
was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar
. At the time it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Cethegus
(or, less frequently,
year 594
Ab urbe condita
) and the
Fourth Year of Houyuan
. The denomination 160 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
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By place
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Seleucid Empire
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- The
Seleucid
king,
Demetrius I Soter
defeats a Jewish rebellion at
Palestine
.
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- In response to the
Jewish
high priest,
Alcimus
', request for assistance, the Seleucid general Bacchides leads an army into
Judea
with the intent of reconquering this now independent kingdom. Bacchides rapidly marches through Judea after carrying out a massacre of the
Assideans
in
Galilee
. He quickly makes for
Jerusalem
, besieging the city and trapping
Judas Maccabeus
, the spiritual and military leader of the
Maccabees
, inside. However, Judas and many of his supporters manage to escape the siege.
- Judas Maccabeus and many of his supporters regroup to face the Seleucid forces in the
Battle of Elasa
(near modern day
Ramallah
). Greatly outnumbered, the Maccabees are defeated and Judas Maccabeus is killed during the battle.
- Judas Maccabeus is succeeded as army commander and leader of the
Maccabees
by his younger brother,
Jonathan Maccabeus
.
- Demetrius I defeats and kills the rebel general
Timarchus
and is recognized as king of the Seleucid empire by the
Roman Senate
. Demetrius acquires his surname of Soter (meaning
Saviour
) from the
Babylonians
, for delivering them from the tyranny of Timarchus. The Seleucid empire is temporarily united again.
- The
Parthian
King,
Mithradates I
, seizes
Media
from the
Seleucids
following the death of Timarchus.
Bactria
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- The king of
Bactria
,
Eucratides I
, is considered to have killed
Apollodotus I
, an Indo-Greek king who rules the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, when he invades the western territories of that kingdom.
China
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Armenia
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Roman Republic
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Births
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Deaths
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- Artaxias I
, king of
Armenia
who has ruled since
190 BC
and the founder of the
Artaxiad dynasty
, whose members would rule the Kingdom of Armenia for nearly two centuries
- Apollodotus I
, Indo-Greek king who, since
180 BC
, has ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from
Taxila
in
Punjab
to the areas of
Sindh
and possibly
Gujarat
- Gaius Laelius
,
Roman
general and politician who was involved in Rome's victory during the
Second Punic War
between Rome and
Carthage
(approximate date)
- Judas Maccabeus
, third son of the
Jewish
priest
Mattathias
, who led the
Maccabean
revolt against the
Seleucid Empire
until his death
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
, Roman
consul
, politician and general whose victory over the Macedonians in the
Battle of Pydna
ended the
Third Macedonian War
(b. c.
229 BC
)
- Timarchus
,
Seleucid
nobleman, possibly from
Miletus
in
Anatolia
, appointed governor of
Media
in western
Iran
by the Seleucid king
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
and who has rebelled against his successor,
Demetrius I Soter
, until he is killed in a battle with Demetrius' forces
References
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- ^
"Demetrius I Soter"
. Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
February 26,
2024
.
- ^
Arnott, W. Geoffrey.
"Terence"
. Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
February 24,
2024
.
- ^
"Jugurtha"
. Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
February 27,
2024
.