160s BC births

ancient Rome politician

Jugurtha or Jugurthen ( c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia, the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Micipsa's two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal, along with Jugurtha, were in line for succession. Jugurtha arranged to have Hiempsal killed in 117 BC and, after a civil war, defeated and killed Adherbal in 112 BC.

queen of Seleucid Empire (c. 164 - 121 BC)

king of Seleucid Empire from 138 to 129 BC

Hasmonean ruler

ancient Latin philosopher

Roman senator and consul in 115 BC

Chinese astrologer and historian (c. 165–110 BCE)

Ancient Roman consul (113 BC)

Roman politician and orator (c.163–119 BC)

Charmadas (; also Charmides (Χαρμίδης); 168/7 – 103/91 BC) was a Greek academic skeptic philosopher and a disciple of Carneades at the Academy in Athens. He was famous for his elegant style. Charmadas introduced the teaching of rhetoric into the Academy and is said to have had many students. He was a pupil of Carneades for seven years (145–138 BC) and later he led his own school in the Ptolemaion, a gymnasium in Athens. He was from Alexandria and seems to have lived there, before he went to Athens around 145 BC He was an excellent rhetorician and famous for his outstanding memory and for his a

ancient Greek philosopher

Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 160 – c. 85 BC)