# 163 BC

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Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium BC Centuries 3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC Decades 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC v t e

163 BC by topic Politics State leaders Political entities Categories Deaths v t e

163 BC in various calendars Gregorian calendar 163 BC CLXIII BC Ab urbe condita 591 Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 161 - Pharaoh Ptolemy VI Philometor, 18 Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 154th Olympiad, year 2 Assyrian calendar 4588 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −756 – −755 Berber calendar 788 Buddhist calendar 382 Burmese calendar −800 Byzantine calendar 5346–5347 Chinese calendar 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 2535 or 2328 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2536 or 2329 Coptic calendar −446 – −445 Discordian calendar 1004 Ethiopian calendar −170 – −169 Hebrew calendar 3598–3599 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat −106 – −105 - Shaka Samvat N/A - Kali Yuga 2938–2939 Holocene calendar 9838 Iranian calendar 784 BP – 783 BP Islamic calendar 808 BH – 807 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar N/A Korean calendar 2171 Minguo calendar 2074 before ROC 民前2074年 Nanakshahi calendar −1630 Seleucid era 149/150 AG Thai solar calendar 380–381 Tibetan calendar མེ་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Fire-Ox) −36 or −417 or −1189 — to — ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) −35 or −416 or −1188

Year **163 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/Roman_calendar). At the time it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Gracchus and Thalna** (or, less frequently, **year 591 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***) and the **First Year of Houyuan** (後元). The denomination 163 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Egypt

- The [Ptolemaic](/source/Ptolemaic_dynasty) king [Ptolemy VI Philometor](/source/Ptolemy_VI_Philometor) is restored to his throne through the intervention of the citizens of [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria). However, the Romans intervene and partition the kingdom, giving [Ptolemy VIII Euergetes](/source/Ptolemy_VIII_Euergetes) [Cyrenaica](/source/Cyrenaica) and Ptolemy VI [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus) and Egypt. The two brothers accept the Roman partition.

#### Seleucid Empire

- In the turmoil following the death of Antiochus IV, the governor of [Media](/source/Medes), [Timarchus](/source/Timarchus) becomes the independent ruler of Media, opposing Lysias who is acting as regent for young king Antiochus V Eupator.

- [Maccabean Revolt](/source/Maccabean_Revolt): - Regent [Lysias](/source/Lysias_(Syrian_chancellor)) tries to make peace with the Jews in [Judea](/source/Judea). He offers them full religious freedom if they will lay down their arms. Moderates including the [Hasideans](/source/Hasideans) consent, but [Judas Maccabeus](/source/Judas_Maccabeus) argues for full political as well as religious freedom. - [Maccabee campaigns of 163 BC](/source/Maccabee_campaigns_of_163_BC): The Maccabees attack nearby regions to Judea, fighting in a civil conflict between Gentiles and Jews.

#### Roman Republic

- The [Roman](/source/Roman_Republic) playwright [Terence](/source/Terence)'s play *Heauton Timorumenos* ("The Self-Tormentor") is first performed.[1][2]

## Births

- [Marcus Aemilius Scaurus](/source/Marcus_Aemilius_Scaurus_(consul_115_BC)), Roman politician and ambassador (d. [89 BC](/source/89_BC))

- [Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus](/source/Tiberius_Gracchus), [Roman](/source/Roman_Republic) politician, who, as a [plebeian](/source/Pleb) [tribune](/source/Tribune), will cause political turmoil in the Republic through his attempts to legislate [agrarian reforms](/source/Agrarian_reforms); his political ideals will eventually lead to his death at the hands of supporters of the conservative faction ([Optimates](/source/Optimates)) of the [Roman Senate](/source/Roman_Senate) (d. [132 BC](/source/132_BC))

## Deaths

- [Xin Zhui](/source/Xin_Zhui), Chinese noblewoman

- [Zhang Yan](/source/Empress_Zhang_Yan), known formally as Empress Xiaohui, empress of the Chinese [Han dynasty](/source/Han_dynasty) (b. [202 BC](/source/202_BC))

- [Manius Juventius Thalna](/source/Manius_Juventius_Thalna), Roman consul (b. before [206 BC](/source/206_BC))[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Harrison (2005). *A Companion to Latin Literature*. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 137.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Arnott, W. Geoffrey. ["Terence"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Terence). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** T.R.S. Broughton (1950). *The Magistrates of the Roman Republic*. Vol. 1.

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