Events and trends

Births

179

• Liu An, Chinese prince, geographer, and cartographer (d. 122 BC)
• Sima Xiangru, Chinese statesman, poet, and musician (d. 117 BC)
• Dong Zhongshu, Chinese scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state (d. 104 BC)

173

• Antiochus V Eupator, ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 164 BC (d. 162 BC)

170

• Dionysios Thrax, a Hellenic grammarian who will live and work in Alexandria and later on Rhodes (d. 90 BC)
• Lucius Accius (or Lucius Attius), Roman tragic poet and literary scholar (d. c. 86 BC)

Deaths

179

• Philip V, king of Macedonia from 221 BC, whose attempt to extend Macedonian influence throughout Greece has occurred at a time of growing Roman involvement in Greek affairs and resulted in his military defeat by Rome (b. 238 BC)
• Liu Xiang, Chinese prince involved in the Lü Clan Disturbance in 180 BC and grandson of Emperor Gao of Han

177

• Liu Xingju, Chinese prince of the Han Dynasty and a key player during the Lü Clan Disturbance (180 BC), grandson of Emperor Gao of Han and son of Prince Liu Fei of Qi
• Liu Zhang, Chinese prince of the Han Dynasty and a key figure in the anti-Lü clan conspiracy during the Lü Clan Disturbance of 180 BC

176

• Cleopatra I Syra, queen of Egypt from 193 BC, wife of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and regent for her young son, Ptolemy VI Philometor (b. c. 204 BC)
• Phriapatius, king of Parthia

175

• Seleucus IV Philopator, king of the Seleucid dynasty, who has ruled from 187 BC (b. c. 217 BC)

174

• Titus Quinctius Flamininus, Roman general and statesman whose skillful diplomacy has enabled him to establish a Roman protectorate over Greece (b. c. 227 BC) (approximate date)
• Publius Aelius Paetus, Roman consul and censor
• Mete Khan, emperor and founder of the Xiongnu Empire, who has united various Hun confederations under his rule (b. 234 BC)

173

• Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, consul of the Roman Republic

171

• Phraates I, King of Parthia, who has ruled the country since 176 BC

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