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| Gregorian calendar | 166 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 588 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -2009 – -2008 |
| Berber calendar | 785 |
| Buddhist calendar | 379 |
| Burmese calendar | -803 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5343 – 5344 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲年 (2471/2531) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2472/2532) |
| Coptic calendar | -449 – -448 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -173 – -172 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3595 – 3596 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -110 – -109 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2936 – 2937 |
| Holocene calendar | 9835 |
| Iranian calendar | 787 BP – 786 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 811 BH – 810 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2168 |
| Thai solar calendar | 378 |
Events
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Seleucid Empire
- The Seleucid king Antiochus IV mounts a campaign against the Parthians who are threatening his empire in the east. He leaves his chancellor, Lysias, with responsibility for the government of southern Syria and the guardianship of his son.
- The leader of the Jewish revolt against Syria rule, Mattathias, dies and his third son, Judas, assumes leadership of the revolt in accordance with the deathbed disposition of his father.
- The Battle of Beth Horon is fought between Jewish forces led by Judas Maccabeus and a Seleucid army. Maccabeus gains the element of surprise and successfully routs the much larger Syrian army.
- The Battle of Emmaus takes place between the Jewish rebels led by Judas Maccabeus and Seleucid forces sent by Antiochus IV and led by Lysias and his general, Gorgias. In the ensuing battle, Judas Maccabeus and his men succeed in repelling Gorgias and forcing his army out of Judea and down to the coastal plain in what is an important victory in the war for Judea's independence.
Roman Republic
- The Roman playwright Terence's Andria (The Girl from Andros) is first performed at the Megalesian games.
China
- Laoshang leads 140,000 Xiongnu cavalry in a raid in Anding, and they reach as far as the royal retreat at Yong.
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Deaths
- Mattathias, father of Judas Maccabaeus, Jewish priest from Modi'in, near Jerusalem, who has started and briefly led a rebellion by the Jews in Judea against the Seleucid kingdom of Syria
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