167 BC Chr.

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167 BC Chr.
A revolt of the Maccabees against Antiochus IV begins in Judea .
167 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	377/378 (southern Buddhism); 376/377 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the wood dog 甲戌 ( at the beginning of the year water tap 癸酉)
Greek calendar	1./2. Year of the 153rd Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3594/95
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DLXXXVII (587)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 144/145 (New Year April); Syria: 145/146 (New Year October)

Events

Politics and world events

Palestine

Coin with the image of Antiochus IV. On the reverse, Apollo on an omphalos

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• Antiochus IV , ruler of the Seleucid Empire , dedicates the temple in Jerusalem to Zeus or Jupiter and in December has a pagan altar erected on the large altar in the temple courtyard. This leads to the revolt of the Jews under the leadership of the Maccabees . When a Jewish priest named Mattatias from the noble family of the Hasmoneans is asked to make a sacrifice for Antiochus in his hometown Modi'in , he kills the Seleucid messenger and a Jew who wanted to make the sacrifice, and pulls himself in with his sons and some faithful the desert back.

Central Asia

• The Parthians conquer the city of Herat .

Europe

• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus sacked the Greek region of Epirus . Among other things, the city of Antigoneia near today's Albanian community Saraqinishta is captured and burned down.

society

• The later historian Polybius comes to Rome as an Achaean hostage.

Died

• Gaius Claudius Pulcher , Roman senator, consul 177 BC. Chr.