889:, intervenes. He presents Antiochus IV with an ultimatum that he evacuate Egypt and Cyprus immediately. Antiochus, taken by surprise, asks for time to consider. Popillius, however, draws a circle in the earth (i.e. "a line in the sand") around the king with his walking stick and demands an unequivocal answer before Antiochus leaves the circle. Fearing the consequences of a war with Rome, the king agrees to comply with the ambassador's demands. In return, the Romans agree that Antiochus IV can retain southern
704:
825:
The
Macedonian kingdom is broken up by the Romans into four smaller states, and all the Greek cities which have offered aid to Macedonia, even just in words, are punished. The Romans take hundreds of prisoners from the leading families of Macedonia, including the historian
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814:(in southern Macedonia) gives Roman forces under Lucius Aemilius Paulus a crushing victory over Perseus and his Macedonian forces, thus ending the
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923:, Roman politician who would create turmoil in the Republic through his attempts to legislate agrarian reforms in the Roman Republic (d.
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40:
24:
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893:, to which Egypt has laid claim, thus enabling Antiochus IV to preserve the territorial integrity of his realm.
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739:). The denomination 168 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
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886:
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853:
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881:
Antiochus IV then invades Egypt again and occupies Lower Egypt and his forces camp outside
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force under Lucius
Anicius Gallus and then brought to Rome as a captive to be interned in
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477:
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818:. Perseus is captured by the Romans and will spend the rest of his life in captivity at
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58:
49:
988:
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740:
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940:, Roman comic poet, admirer and imitator of the Greek playwright
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to lead the Roman army which has been trapped by
Perseus' forces.
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964:, wife of Li Cang (ε©θΌ), the Marquis of Dai and Chancellor of
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
781:. This loss removes Illyria as an important ally for
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728:Year of the Consulship of Macedonicus and Crassus
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726:. At the time it was known as the
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954:, Chinese statesman and poet (b.
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769:, Gentius, is defeated at
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850:Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
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724:pre-Julian Roman calendar
31:1st millennium
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789:in his battle with Rome.
785:and effectively weakens
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451:
887:Gaius Popillius Laenas
794:Lucius Aemilius Paulus
730:(or, less frequently,
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374:Balinese saka calendar
68:1st century
59:2nd century
50:3rd century
706:
336:Ptolemy VI Philometor
840:The joint rulers of
816:Third Macedonian War
697:β40 or β421 or β1193
682:β41 or β422 or β1194
582:813 BH β 812 BH
572:789 BP β 788 BP
970:Western Han dynasty
874:wins a victory off
792:The Roman general,
660:Thai solar calendar
637:Nanakshahi calendar
478:Discordian calendar
282:
903:as High Priest in
787:Perseus of Macedon
722:was a year of the
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488:Ethiopian calendar
426:Byzantine calendar
287:Gregorian calendar
277:168 BC in various
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232:Political entities
938:Caecilius Statius
921:Tiberius Gracchus
866:The fleet of the
852:and their sister
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588:Javanese calendar
558:Holocene calendar
406:Buddhist calendar
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468:Coptic calendar
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872:Antiochus IV
854:Cleopatra II
822:, near Rome.
810:– The
765:The king of
744:calendar era
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727:
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685:
676:(male Water-
647:Seleucid era
626:2079 before
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532:Shaka Samvat
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820:Alba Fucens
741:Anno Domini
524:β111 β β110
492:β175 β β174
472:β451 β β450
981:References
883:Alexandria
846:Ptolemy VI
295:CLXVIII BC
240:Categories
124:140s
116:150s
107:160s
98:170s
90:180s
25:Millennium
905:Jerusalem
783:Macedonia
732:year 586
552:2933β2934
547:Kali Yuga
502:3593β3594
430:5341β5342
330:- Pharaoh
279:calendars
196:165
188:166
180:167
171:168
162:169
154:170
146:171
41:Centuries
989:Category
962:Xin Zhui
942:Menander
901:Menelaus
899:removes
868:Seleucid
828:Polybius
802:Thessaly
755:By place
651:144/145
544: -
529: -
516: -
350:Olympiad
219:Politics
944:(b. c.
808:June 22
779:Iguvium
767:Illyria
760:Albania
693:Rooster
664:375β376
631:ζ°ε2079εΉ΄
458:Rooster
321:dynasty
81:Decades
995:168 BC
974:217 BC
956:200 BC
952:Jia Yi
946:219 BC
932:Deaths
925:133 BC
915:Births
876:Cyprus
798:consul
771:Scodra
750:Events
720:168 BC
712:Greece
678:Monkey
445:Monkey
354:victor
348:153rd
318:XXXIII
291:168 BC
897:Jason
891:Syria
870:king
842:Egypt
835:Egypt
775:Roman
773:by a
718:Year
641:β1635
323:, 156
137:Years
689:ι΄ζ°΄ιΈ‘εΉ΄
674:ι³ζ°΄η΄εΉ΄
616:2166
562:9833
420:β805
390:β760
368:4583
338:, 13
628:ROC
605:N/A
593:N/A
538:N/A
482:999
410:377
400:783
379:N/A
307:586
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844:,
653:AG
441:壬η³
357:)ΒΉ
198:BC
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