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171 BC
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades: 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC - 170s BC - 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC
Years: 176 BC 175 BC 174 BC 173 BC 172 BC - 171 BC - 170 BC 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC
Events
- At the Battle of Callicinus , Perseus of Macedon defeats a Roman army under Publius Licinius Crassus .
- Spanish-born children of Roman soldiers appear before the Roman Senate to request a town to live in, and are given Carteia in southern Spain.
- Demetrius I of Bactria, founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom dies. He is succeeded by his presumed son and co-ruler Euthydemus II.
- Euthydemus II, King of Bactria dies and is succeeded by his relative Agathocles of Bactria. Agathocles also inherits parts of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. The remaining lands are under the command of King Apollodotus I.
Births
Deaths
- Demetrius I of Bactria, founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom.
- Euthydemus II, King of Bactria.
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