Directory

173 BCE

The first known session of the Mahestan (a noble advisory council consisting of Zoroastrian priests and aristocrats) is believed to have taken place during Nowruz (the Persian New Year) in this year, under the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia. This council later played a key role in advising the king and, at times, selecting or deposing monarchs. Antiochus IV pays the remainder of the war indemnity that has been imposed by the Romans on Antiochus III in the Treaty of Apamea (188 BC). Ptolemy VI Philometor marries his sister, Cleopatra II.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Antiochus IV pays the remainder of the war indemnity that has been imposed by the Romans on Antiochus III in the Treaty of Apamea (188 BC).source

Religion & Belief

  • The first known session of the Mahestan (a noble advisory council consisting of Zoroastrian priests and aristocrats) is believed to have taken place during Nowruz (the Persian New Year) in this year, under the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia. This council later played a key role in advising the king and, at times, selecting or deposing monarchs.source
  • Dedication of the Temple of Fortuna Equestris.source

Culture & Society

  • Ptolemy VI Philometor marries his sister, Cleopatra II.source

Births

  • Antiochus V Eupator, ruler of the Seleucid Empire from 164 BC (d. 162 BC)source
  • Wang Zhi, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (d. 126 BC)source

Deaths

  • Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, Roman consul and generalsource