-168

This page relates to the year -168 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

With Rome, Consul At of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (for the second time) and C. Licinius Crassus.

Rome sends in Macedonia the consul Paul Emile who restores in the army an iron discipline.
June 22nd: The legions of the consul Paul Emile demolish the troops of the king de Macédoine Persée with the Bataille of Pydna . This defeat marks, for Macedonia, the end of its independence. On a military level, the Roman legion definitively shows its superiority on the phalange Macedonian.
Persée goes, Gentius, king of It, is made prisoner. Rome conquers the Thrace and the Macedonia, which are parcelled out in isolated regions politically and economically. The triumph of Paul Emile, in Rome, in -167, lasts three days.
In Greece, Paul Emile makes perish or off-set the partisans of Persée (especially of the democrats): thousand Achaens of distinction, among which the historian Polybe, wire of the strategist Lycortas, leave for Rome as hostages. The Épire, which had made defection, is delivered to plundering and one sells 150 000 Épirotes like slaves. After repression, the Roman army evacuates Greece and regains Italy.
Prusias II of Bithynie, brother-in-law of Persée, goes to Rome to put at the service Romans and is dishonoured by his lowness.
Following the defeat Macedonian the island of Samothrace becomes independent. (> 70).
Collapse of the power Macedonian and development of piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea.

the Greek historian Polybe arrives at Rome as prisoner after Pydna. It returns in its fatherland in -153.
Installation by Rome of the free port of Délos in order to punish Rhodos its neutrality.
June 21st: eclipse of the moon, announced by the Roman Astronomer Sulpicius Gallus.
First mention of the Gallic (Latin galli ) by Caton Old the.

Spring: second countryside of Antiochos IV in Egypt. After some constrained successes, Rome Antiochos to give up Egypt: the ambassador Gaius Popilius Laenas trace around him a circle on sand and prohibits to him to leave there before to have answered his ultimatum.
Antiochos IV Épiphane must leave the Egypt under the pressure of the Roman Sénat.
Ptolémée VI Philometor, released, returns to Alexandria and shares the capacity with his/her brother Ptolémée VIII Evergète II and its sister Cléopâtre II. Then Philometor becomes only king d' Égypte and Evergète II obtains the Cyrénaïque. After a truce, the two brothers are made the war during four years, then this reconcile again.

has its return of Egypt, Antiochos IV issues the systematic hellenisation of the Judaea and the Samarie and sends mysarque the Apollonius with 20 000 men. This one benefits from a catch of weapon the day of the Sabbat to massacre the spectators. Jerusalem is plundered. Those which do not succeed in fleeing are done prisoners. The enclosure of the city is dismantled, while one builds a citadel (Akra) for the Séleucide garrison.
Judas Macchabée directs the Jewish revolt against the yoke séleucide in Palestine.

Simple: 168 BC

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