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 BC140s 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

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Events

• The Third Macedonian War starts, between the Roman empire under Marcius Philippus and the Antigonid dynasty under Perseus.
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes desecrates the Temple in Jerusalem.
• In Rome, the Lex Voconia limits how much women can inherit.

Births

Deaths

• Ennius, Roman author