166 BC

Also known as 166 BCE

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Part of: 160s BC
Followed by: 165 BC
Follows: 167 BC

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topic's main category: Category:166 BC
point in time: 0166-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:166 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:166 BC deaths
Commons category: 166 BC

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 166 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Galus (or, less frequently, year 588 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 166 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.

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