164 BC

Year 164 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Longinus (or, less frequently, year 590 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 164 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
164 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar164 BC
CLXIII BC
Ab urbe condita590
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 160
- PharaohPtolemy VI Philometor, 17
Ancient Greek era154th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar4587
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−756
Berber calendar787
Buddhist calendar381
Burmese calendar−801
Byzantine calendar5345–5346
Chinese calendar丙子年 (Fire Rat)
2533 or 2473
     to 
丁丑年 (Fire Ox)
2534 or 2474
Coptic calendar−447 – −446
Discordian calendar1003
Ethiopian calendar−171 – −170
Hebrew calendar3597–3598
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−107 – −106
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2937–2938
Holocene calendar9837
Iranian calendar785 BP – 784 BP
Islamic calendar809 BH – 808 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2170
Minguo calendar2075 before ROC
民前2075年
Nanakshahi calendar−1631
Seleucid era148/149 AG
Thai solar calendar379–380
Tibetan calendar阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
−37 or −418 or −1190
     to 
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
−36 or −417 or −1189

Events

Egypt

  • The Egyptian King Ptolemy VI Philometor is expelled from Alexandria by his brother Ptolemy VIII Euergetes and flees to Rome to seek support.

Seleucid Empire

  • The Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes dies while on a campaign in Tabae (or Gabae, now Isfahan) in Persia. He is succeeded by his son Antiochus V Eupator who is only nine years old. The regent for the boy is the late king's chancellor, Lysias, who was left in charge of Syria when Antiochus IV departed for his campaign in Persia. Lysias is, however, seriously challenged by other Syrian generals and finds himself with a precarious hold on power. To make matters worse for him, the Roman Senate is holding Demetrius, the son of the former king Seleucus IV and, therefore, the rightful heir to the Seleucid throne, as a hostage. By threatening to release him, the Senate is able to influence events in the Seleucid kingdom.
  • The Battle of Beth Zur is fought between Jewish rebel forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid army led by the regent Lysias. Judas Maccabeus wins the battle and is able to recapture Jerusalem soon after. Judas purifies the defiled Temple in Jerusalem, destroys the idols erected there by Antiochus IV and restores the service in the Temple. The reconsecration of the Temple becomes an annual feast of dedication in the Jewish calendar, Hanukkah.

Roman Republic

  • Rhodes signs a treaty with Rome and becomes its ally.
  • Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus is elected censor in Rome.

Art

  • Construction of the detail of the frieze from the east front of the altar in Pergamon, Athena Attacking the Giants, begins and is finished eight years later. It is now kept at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung, Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Germany.

Astronomy

  • Halley's Comet makes its regular appearance in the sky, as recorded by a Babylonian scribe.[1] It last appeared in 240 BC.

Births

  • Cleopatra Thea Euergetis ("Benefactress"), ruler of the Seleucid kingdom from 125 BC, a daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt and his sister/wife Cleopatra II (d. 121 BC) (approximate date)

Deaths

References

  1. "ANOTHER VIEW OF HALLEY`S COMET -- FROM 164 B.C." Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
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