163 BC

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Syria: 149/150 ( year in October )

Events

  • Ptolemy VI. returns with Roman help back to the Egyptian throne from which his younger brother Ptolemy VIII had sold in the previous year him. Then the kingdom is divided, with Ptolemy VI. the core empire and Ptolemy VIII get Cyrenaica.
  • Commagene is independent of the Seleucids. First ruler is Ptolemy.
  • (um): Timarchos takes control over parts of the Seleucid Empire.
  • Year (2nd century BC)
  • 163 BC
April 2014 List of centuries 4th century BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 130s BC 173 BC 167 BC 159 BC 153 BC Timarchus Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Olympiad Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VIII Physcon Kingdom of Commagene Ptolemaeus of Commagene
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