Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

Decades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC

Years: 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC 161 BC - 160 BC - 159 BC 158 BC 157 BC 156 BC 155 BC

Events

• Berik succeeds Hwala as king of the Goths (approximate date).
• Marcus Cornelius Cethegus becomes Roman consul.
• Tychandrus becomes Archon of Athens; Sosigenes is a thesmothete (assistant archon).
• King Apollodotus I of the Indo-Greek Kingdom and Agathocles of Bactria die and are succeeded by Menander I (approximate date).
• Battle of Elasa Jewish leader Judas Maccabaeus is defeated by the Selucid army of Bacchides

Births

• Cleopatra III of Egypt (estimated).

Deaths

• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Roman general.
• Eumenes II Soter , Attalid king of Pergamum.
• King Apollodotus I of the Indo-Greek Kingdom (approximate date).
• Agathocles of Bactria (approximate date).
• Judas Maccabaeus, Jewish leader (killed in battle)