169 BC

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Heads of State

Year of The Water Monkey壬申( at the beginning of the year metal sheep辛未)

Syria: 143/144 ( year October )

Events

  • During the Third Macedonian -Roman war under the command of Quintus Marcius Philippus exceeds the Roman army, although the Olymposgebirge, a decisive breakthrough but not this year.
  • In the Sixth Syrian War occupied Seleucid king Antiochus IV, large parts of Egypt. However, it fails to take Alexandria.

Died

  • Quintus Ennius, Latin poet (* 239 BC)
  • Eulaeus, Macedonian eunuch and ruler in Egypt
  • Year (2nd century BC)
  • 169 BC
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