160s BC Chr.

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Events

• June 22, 168 BC BC : After three years of warfare, the Roman army under Aemilius Paullus succeeds in defeating the Macedonian forces near Pydna in Greece and thus destroying the Diadochian Empire of the Antigonids .
• 165 BC BC : Revolt of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Empire . The uprising was successful and resulted in the establishment of the Jewish kingdom of the Hasmoneans .

Culture

• 164 BC Chr .: Rededication of the Jerusalem temple , foundation of the Hanukkah festival.

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