165 BC

Year 165 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Torquatus and Octavius (or, less frequently, year 589 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 165 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC
Years:	168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC 163 BC 162 BC

165 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	165 BC CLXV BC
Ab urbe condita	589
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 159
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 16
Ancient Greek era	153rd Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4586
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−757
Berber calendar	786
Buddhist calendar	380
Burmese calendar	−802
Byzantine calendar	5344–5345
Chinese calendar	乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 2533 or 2326     — to — 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 2534 or 2327
Coptic calendar	−448 – −447
Discordian calendar	1002
Ethiopian calendar	−172 – −171
Hebrew calendar	3596–3597
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−108 – −107
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2936–2937
Holocene calendar	9836
Iranian calendar	786 BP – 785 BP
Islamic calendar	810 BH – 809 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2169
Minguo calendar	2076 before ROC 民前2076年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1632
Seleucid era	147/148 AG
Thai solar calendar	378–379
Tibetan calendar	阴木猪年 (female Wood-Pig) −38 or −419 or −1191     — to — 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) −37 or −418 or −1190

Events

By place

Seleucid Empire

• Artaxias I, king of Armenia, is taken captive by the Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes when he attacks Armenia. Artaxias is forced to recognize Antiochus IV's suzerainty over Armenia before he is released.

Roman Republic

• The Roman playwright Terence's play Hecyra (The Mother-in-Law) is first performed.

Births

• Sima Tan, Chinese astrologist and historian (approximate date)

Deaths

• Mattathias, Jewish leader of the Maccabees
• Phraates I, king of Parthia (Arsacid dynasty)