168 BC
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BCDecades: 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC - 160s BC - 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC
Years: 173 BC 172 BC 171 BC 170 BC 169 BC - 168 BC - 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC
Events
- June 22 - Third Macedonian War ends with the Battle of Pydna. Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paulus defeat and capture Perseus of Macedon. This ends the Antigonid dynasty, one of the three successor empires created upon the death of Alexander the Great, and starts Roman domination of Greece.
Death