The Year 161 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Strabo (or, less frequently...

BC) 161 BC Cleopatra III, queen of Egypt from 142 BC (d. 101 BC) Demetrius II Nicator, king of the Seleucid Empire from 145 BC and 129 BC (d. 125 BC)...

means "of a good father" (c. 172 BC – 161 BC) was a ruler of the Greek Seleucid Empire who reigned from late 164 to 161 BC (based on dates from 1 Maccabees...

Antiochus V Eupator are known from January 161 BC, and the earliest known tablet dated to Demetrius I is from 14 May 161 BC, Timarchus's brief control of Babylon...

written in Hebrew, recounts the history of the Maccabees from 176 BC until 161 BC. It focuses on Judas Maccabeus, and it also describes prayers for the...

King (205–161 BC) Dutugamunu, King (161–137 BC) Saddha Tissa, King (137–119 BC) Thulatthana, King (119–119 BC) Lanja Tissa, King (119–109 BC) Khallata...

London Bus route 161 161 is also: The year AD 161 or 161 BC 161 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 777 – 778 CE 161 Athor is an M-type...

Duṭṭhagāmaṇī Abhaya, was a king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom who reigned from 161 BC to 137 BC. He is renowned for first uniting the whole island of Sri Lanka by...

Portrait Name Birth Death King From King Until Relationship with Predecessor(s) Yatala Tissa - - - BC 205 BC Kelani Tissa - - 205 BC 161 BC...

monarchs of Iran (Persia) from the establishment of the Medes around 678 BC until the deposition of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. Note: Ancient Persia...

king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom, in present-day Sri Lanka, from 205 BCE to 161 BCE. Ellalan is traditionally presented as being a just king even by the...

for the first time. Ellalan, king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom (d. 161 BC) Aristippus, Greek tyrant of Argos Lü Buwei, Chinese politician (b. 291 BC)...

of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 161 BC. He was preceded by Beldgabred, his brother, and succeeded by Eldol. Monarchie...

Heliodorus attempting to tax the Second Temple in 178 BC, and ending with the Battle of Adasa in 161 BC. Some scholars believe the book to be influenced by...

The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, although depending on...

Messalla was a consul of the Roman Republic in 161 BC. Nephew of Marcus Valerius Messalla (consul 226 BC), his consulate was remarkable chiefly for a decree...

year 593 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 161 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 593 BC for this...

Laoshang (Chinese: 老上; r. 174–161 BCE), whose personal name was Jiyu (Chinese: 稽鬻), was a Chanyu of the Xiongnu Empire who succeeded his father Modu Chanyu...

book 1 Maccabees and Josephus's Jewish Antiquities. It took place around 161 BCE and was the first recorded contract between Judea and Ancient Rome. The...

that this site could mark the cremation ground of King Dutugamunu (161 BC – 137 BC). Although, some did not agree with this identification some are in...

The city's apogee was reached under the reign of Dutthagamani who, in 161 BC, defeated the South Indian invader Ellalan re-establishing Buddhism in place...

Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He reigned approximately 167–161 BC. He was preceded by Sisillius III and succeeded by his brother Archmail...

brother Demetrius I Soter became Seleucid King. Demetrius I ruled from 161 BC to 150 BC. There is a possibility that Demetrius I married Laodice, but this...

Year 158 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Laenas (or, less frequently...

history during the second century BC. The first member of this gens to attain the consulship was Gaius Fannius Strabo, in 161 BC. The nomen Fannius belongs to...

Year 162 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corculum/Lentulus and Figulus/Ahenobarbus...

Year 163 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Gracchus and Thalna (or, less frequently...

Menelaus (Hebrew: מנלאוס) was High Priest in Jerusalem from about 172 BC to about 161 BC. He was high priest at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt (167-160)...

Much is written of the war of 205 BC to 161 BC between Sinhala King Dutugemunu and Ellalan for the city of Anuradhapura, and the central role played by...

structures McKenzie, Judith (2011). The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt: 300 BC – AD 700. Yale University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0300170948. "Tallest shot...