Editing 2nd century BC (section)

===[[160s BC]]===
[[File:Lagid queen Isis Ma3546.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cleopatra II]] ruled [[Ptolemaic Egypt|Egypt]] in co-operation and competition with her brothers [[Ptolemy VI]] and [[Ptolemy VIII|VIII]] for most of the century.]]
*[[168 BC]]: 
**Third Macedonian War: [[Roman Republic|Roman]] victory in the [[Battle of Pydna]] leads to the dissolution of the Antigonid Kingdom of Macedon.
**[[Sixth Syrian War]]: [[Antiochus IV]] of the Seleucid empire invades Ptolemaic Egypt, but is forced to turn back by [[Gaius Popillius Laenas]] at the Day of Eleusis.
*[[167 BC]]: [[Mithradates I of Parthia]] takes [[Margiana]] and [[Aria (satrapy)|Aria]] from the [[Greco-Bactrian Kingdom]].
*[[164 BC]]
**25 [[Kislev]]: [[Judas Maccabaeus]], son of Mattathias of the [[Hasmonean]] family, restores the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] ([[Hanukkah]], [[Maccabean Revolt]]).
**[[Ptolemy VIII]] drives his brother [[Ptolemy VI]] out of [[Alexandria]]. He flees to Rome.
**[[Antiochus IV]] dies on campaign, leaving the Seleucid empire to his nine-year-old son, [[Antiochus V]].
*[[163 BC]]: 
**(May 20) Chinese mathematicians observe and record the passage of the [[Halley's Comet]].
**Ptolemy VI regains Alexandria. Ptolemy VIII takes [[Cyrenaica]].
**[[Timarchus]] rebels against the Seleucid empire and seizes control of [[Medes|Media]] and [[Babylonia]].
*[[161 BC]]: 
**[[Battle of Vijithapura]]: [[Dutthagamani]] defeats the [[Tamil people|Tamil]] King [[Ellalan]].
**[[Demetrius I Soter]] seizes the [[Seleucid]] throne, beginning a succession war that would consume the Seleucid realm for almost a century.
*[[160 BC]]: The [[Wusun]] drive the [[Yuezhi]] out of the [[Ili valley]].