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| 163 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 381/382 (southern Buddhism); 380/381 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the earth tiger 戊寅 ( at the beginning of the year fire buffalo 丁丑) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 154th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3598/99 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DXCI (591) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 148/149 (turn of the year April); Syria: 149/150 (turn of the year October) |
Events
- Ptolemy VI returns with Roman help to the Egyptian throne, from which his younger brother Ptolemy VIII expelled him the previous year. After that, the empire is divided, with Ptolemy VI. the core kingdom and Ptolemy VIII received the Cyrenaica .
- Kommagene becomes independent from the Seleucids . Ptolemy becomes the first ruler .
- around 163 BC Chr .: Timarchus takes over the rule over parts of the Seleucid Empire .
Born
- around 163 BC Chr .: Marcus Aemilius Scaurus the Elder , politician of the Roman Republic († 88 BC )
Died
- Manius Iuventius Thalna , Roman politician, consul and general (* before 206 BC)
- Ptolemy Makron , governor of the Ptolemies and Seleucids in Cyprus as well as Koilesyria and Phenicia