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  Seleucid Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty in 323 BC Seleucus, one of his generals, established himself in Babylon in 312 BC, used as the foundation date of the Seleucid Empire.
Antiochus I (reigned 281-261 BC) and his son and successor Antiochus II Theos (reigned 261-246 BC) were faced with challenges in the west, including repeated wars with Ptolemy II and a Celtic invasion of Asia Minor -- distracting attention from holding the eastern portions of the Empire together.
In 139 BC, Demetrius II was defeated in battle by the Parthians and was captured.
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 Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On Mattathias' death (166 BC) the leadership passed to his son Judas Maccabeus, from whose surname the family name is derived.
Jonathan was killed by treachery in 143 BC, and the last brother, Simon, succeeded; he was recognized by the other powers as civil ruler as well as high priest, and Palestine enjoyed some years of peace.
One of its members, Alexander, led an abortive rebellion in Syria, and in 40 BC Antigonus, the son of Aristobulus II, invaded Judaea with Parthian aid.
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 WWW Virtual Library:  King Dutugemunu
In the 2nd century BC, a king by the name of Devanampiyatissa reigned over the west of the island from his capital at Kelaniya.
After celebrating the victory for a week, the consecration ceremony was held with pomp and pageantry, which ended with the water festival held at Tissa Weva.
With the ascendance of King Dutugemunu to the throne in the second century BC, he built Mirisavatiya, Ruvanvaliseya stupas and Lovamahaprasada (Brazen Palace).
www.lankalibrary.com /geo/kings/dutugemunu.htm   (3755 words)

  
 Delian
The standard format begins with 161: and contains the core treasures of the Artemision, the Temple of Apollo and the Temple of the Athenians (renamed the "Temple Where the Seven Statues (are)" in a visible mark of independence), and of the Hieropoion (also called the Oikos of the Andrians), followed by the year's acquisitions ("epeteia").
ID 2 442 (179 BC) one of a group of inventories toward the end of the period of Independence that are virtually verbatim copies of each other (except for acquisitions).
Bruneau (CDH 226) notes the "modification radicale" of the treasure between 156 BC (ID 1417) and 146 BC (ID 1442): the single statue is replaced by two, the pinaxes dedicated by Autokles' sons become anonymous; some objects are omitted; others are added.
www.brynmawr.edu /classics/delian.html   (2732 words)

  
 History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part XI, by Risto Stefov
In 171 BC a new Senate was elected and a conditional war was declared on Macedonia.
From 171 to 168 BC he remained on the defensive and committed only to minor engagements, all the while hoping that a peaceful settlement could be reached.
In 95 BC Cyzicenus was defeated in battle and killed by Grypos’s eldest son, Seleucus VI Epiphanes.
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 GREEKISLANDS.COM - ATHENS, THE CAPITAL OF GREECE
The Odeon was built in 161 BC by the eminent Athenian orator and philosopher Herodes Atticus, in memory of his wife Rigilli.
In the 4th century BC a Doric stoa was built to the north of the shrine, against the back of which the structure of the theater stage rested.
The Theater of Dionysos took on its definitive form at the end of the 4th century BC when it was renovated by Lykourgos an art lover, orator and archon of Athens.
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 Yueh-chih --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Yüeh-chih are first mentioned in Chinese sources at the beginning of the 2nd century BC as nomads living in the western part of Kansu province, northwest China.
The Yüeh-chih conquered Bactria in the 2nd century BC and divided the country into five chiefdoms, one of which was that of the Kushans (Kuei-shuang).
Bactria was especially important between about 600 BC and about AD 600, serving for much of that time as a meeting place not only for overland trade between East and West but also for the crosscurrents of...
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 Keeping Catholics Catholic Page XXV-The Timeline-Time Before Christ
586 BC Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the removal of the Jews to Babylon.
165 BC The Holy Temple of Jerusalem was re-dedicated.
6 BC The Archangel Gabriel visits the High Priest, Zachariah and brings him the news that he and his thought to be barren wife, Elizabeth, will have a son.
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 157 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades: 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC
Years: 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC 159 BC 158 BC - 157 BC - 156 BC 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC
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 Christian History Handbook: Ancient: Appendix III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In any case, by the first century BC the Pharisee group had espoused a moderate, limited Hellenism so the earlier meaning of the name was obscured by a newly invented one.
Demetrius II Captured by the Parthians, 139 BC Demetrius II was captured in Babylonia by the Parthians in 139 BC and lived several years as a royal prisoner of war in Parthia.
The Ptolemies in the First Century BC, Down to 43 BC Fragmentation of the Ptolemaic Realm, 116 to 80 BC The Ptolemaic realm was divided into three sections at the death of Ptolemy VIII Physcon in 116 BC.
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 Unit 4 - New Testament Backgrounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 323 BC, he died in Babylon from a fever at the age of 32 leaving no heirs behind.
In December 164 BC, Judas retook the Jerusalem temple.
This episode would encourage the Jews in the 160s BC that rulers such as Belshazzar and Antiochus Epiphanes who had desecrated the sacred things of Yahweh would be judged and condemned.
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 162 Bc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DH Charlie Strandlund (junior, Victoria, BC) had a pair of doubles, his 22nd and 23rd, as...
At no time during the AI outbreak last year in BC were there any severe...
Ho BC, Andreasen N, Flaum M: Dependence on public financial support early in the course of...
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 Encyclopedia: Terence
170 BC-160 BC, and he died young in 159 BC.
Flaccus is a composer from the second century BC, of whom little is known.
Ancient Rome was a civilization that existed in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East between 753 BC and its downfall in AD 476.
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 WWW Virtual Library:  Economy and politics of ancient Rajarata
The Greek writer of the fourth century BC Megasthenes, who was the first ambassador in India from Greece in the Maurayan court of Chandragupta notes that "Taprobane was more productive of gold and large pearls than those in India." To Arab traders, Sri Lanka was the fabled land of gems known as Serendib.
This institution as well as Abhayagiri in the later years of the millennium BC, attracted many religious scholars, dignitaries and emissaries especially from the Indian subcontinent for scholastic dhamma studies while the pious arrived seeking spiritual attainment in the sacred city of Anuradhapura.
These invasions affected the economy of Rajarata in the later years of the first millennium BC and ancient records also mention of an epidemic that occurred in the second century BC which led monks to leave Anuradhapura.
www.lankalibrary.com /geo/ancient/rajarata.htm   (4092 words)

  
 2nd century BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - other centuries)
BC 168 Battle of Pydna -- Macedonian phalanx defeated by Romans
BC 146 Rome destroys Carthage in the Third Punic War
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 163 Bc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
BC trailed 30-21 with 3:24 left when Matt Ryan replaced Quinton Porter...
Getting BC and Miami at home looked like a huge plus when the 2005 schedule was...
Another Friends drive was stopped by a Kaufman interception on the BC one.
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 164 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
164 BC Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Years: 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC - 164 BC - 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC 160 BC 159 BC
In October, Ptolemy VI of Egypt goes to Rome to ask for help from the Senate.
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 boys clothes : 2nd century BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Battle of Pydna concluding the Third Macedonian War occurs and King Persus' forces are routed Pydna (168 BC).
A Greek revolt by the Achaean League is supressed and Cornith destroyed (146 BC).
Gaius Gracchus tribune of the plebs (123 BC).
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THE MACCABEAN REVOLT (167-140 BC) A. Hasidim (“Pious Ones”) resisted forced Hellenization B. Revolt by Mattathias, A Priest in Modein (1 Macc 2); Supported by Hasidim C. Judas Maccabeus (the “Hammer”) 166-161 BC 1.
THE HASMONEAN DYNASTY (140-63 BC) A. John Hyrcanus (134-104 BC): Son of Simon; Overcame Ptolemy 1.
Uprising of Pharisees Began 94 BC, for 6 Years; violently suppressed, 800 crucified D. Alexandra (76-67 BC): wife of Alexander, promoted Pharisees E. Civil War: Hyrcanus II (Supported by Idumean Antipater) vs. Aristobulus II; all appealed to Rome, 63 BC VI.
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 Looking Forward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The second way to judge the validity of a cycle is to see what its early repetitions produced and whether or not they reinforce the premise being built.
Since the vision of Daniel took place in 521 BC, the first cycle of 360 years would have reached completion/culmination in 161 BC.
Is it coincidence that the Jews saw one of their greatest triumphs in 165 BC, when Judas Macabee recaptured Jerusalem after it had been desecrated by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 168 BC?
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 IOM: Appendix A
Sodium aluminate - BC, REG, Comp of boiler water additive - 173.310; GRAS, Migr to food from paper and paperboard prods - 182.90
Sodium glucoheptonate - BC, REG, < 1 ppm cyanide in compound - Boiler water additive - 173.310
Sodium humate - BC, REG, GMP, Boiler water additive - 173.310
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 DBA Armies: Maccabean Jewish (DBA II/43)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After Antiochus IV (Epihanes) succeeded his father in 175 BC, he arranged for the assassination of the Judaean High Priest Onias III (who was suspected of collaboration with the Ptolemies) and installed Onias' brother Jason, who supported Hellenestic culture in Judea.
In 143 BC, he supported Antiochus against the usurper Trypho (Diodotus Tryphon), but fell into Trypho's clutches and was made prisoner.
When the Seleucid usurper invaded Judea in 142 BC, he was defeated by Simon but got his revenge by putting the prisoner Jonathan to death.
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 Articles - Chicken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Aristophanes's comedy The Birds (414 BC) a chicken is called "the Median bird", which points to an introduction from the East.
In 249 BC, the Roman general Publius Claudius Pulcher had his chickens thrown overboard when they refused to feed before the battle of Drepana, saying "If they won't eat, perhaps they will drink." He promptly lost the battle against the Carthaginians and 93 Roman ships were sunk.
In 161 BC a law was passed in Rome that forbade the consumption of fattened chickens.
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 Kings of Sri Lanka
ABHAYA  474-454 BC – Eldest son of King Panduvasudeva – On the death of King Panduvasudeva his ten sons assembled together and chose Prince Abhaya, the oldest among them, to be the Sovereign of Lanka.
TISSA  454-437 BC – Second son of King Panduvasudeva, younger brother of King Abhaya – He was appointed the regent by his eight younger brothers after the deposition of the oldest brother, King Abhaya, from the throne.
VALAGAMBAHU I  88-76 BC – Fourth son of King Saddha Tissa (137-119BC), restored the dynasty of King Dutu Gemunu – It was during his rule that a dissention amonhst the priesthood between Mahavihara and Abhayagiri Vihara.
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 AllEmpires - The Xiongnu Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After Mo-Tun’s death, he was succeded by Ki-Ok, who ruled between 174 BC and 160 BC.
Ho-Han-Yeh, a Xiong-Nu prince with Chinese decent, entered the Han protectorate in 58 BC but his brother Xi-Xi revolted against him and declared his independence in the same year.
After Ho-Han-Yeh’s death in 31 BC, the Eastern Xiong-Nu re-gained their power and eventually overthrew the Han protectorate in 18 BC.
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 Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice
It was in 179 B.C. when Emilio Lepidus and Fulvius Noblius decided the world needed a better place to meet and greet, so they built the basilica Emilia (Aemelia) in the center of Rome, a structure in use for more than six centuries.
(Jewish envoys first came to Rome in 161 BC and Jewish synagogues were subsequently built in the city.
Today the main synagogue in Rome is a massive structure overlooking the Tiber with a square sanctuary and great dome, a century-old building which includes a museum tracing the history of Jews in Italy for more than 2,000 years.
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 Historical Myths
Between 927 - 586 BC (341 years) was the kingdom of Judah.
If we are to consider the kingdom of Judah which lasted longer than the kingdom of Israel, plus the small Israelite kingdoms, the total time that any type of kingdom ruled by Israelites existed in the land of Canaan was about 440 years.
The Jews came to the land of Canaan in the 13th century BC, but they were not the only peoples who settled this area.
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 Articles - Cleopatra III of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cleopatra III (161-101 BC) was Queen of Egypt 142-101 BC.
She was born in 161 BC to Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II of Egypt.
After the death of her father, her brother became the King of Egypt, and her mother was regent.
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