159 BC

Centuries:	3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades:	180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC
Years:	162 BC 161 BC 160 BC - 159 BC - 158 BC 157 BC 156 BC

159 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
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Births - Deaths
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**159 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	159 BC
Ab urbe condita	595
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-2002 – -2001
Berber calendar	792
Buddhist calendar	386
Burmese calendar	-796
Chinese calendar	2478/2538 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2479/2539 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-442 – -441
Ethiopian calendar	-166 – -165
Hebrew calendar	3602 – 3603
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-103 – -102
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2943 – 2944
Holocene calendar	9842
Iranian calendar	780 BP – 779 BP
Islamic calendar	804 BH – 803 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2175
Thai solar calendar	385
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[edit] Events

With the Seleucid victory in Judea over the Maccabees, Alcimus is re-established as the Jewish high priest and a strong force is left in Jerusalem to support him. However, he does not enjoy his triumph for long as he dies soon after from a paralytic stroke.

While Eucratides I is in north west India to claim possession of the previous Bactrian King Demetrius I's territory there, the Parthians, under Mithradates I, annex two Bactrian provinces. Returning from India to reconquer them, Eucratides is murdered by his son.

Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur, politician of the Roman Republic and an early authority on Roman law (d. 88 BC) (approximate date)

Eucratides I, king of Bactria, who has reigned since around 170 BC.
Eumenes II, king of Pergamon.
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Roman comic dramatist, the author of six verse comedies that are long regarded as models of pure Latin (b. c. 195 BC) (approximate date).
Alcimus, high priest of Judea.