Editing 169 BC

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Year '''169 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Philippus and Caepio''' (or, less frequently, '''year 585 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 169 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.

==Events==
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===By place===
====Greece====
* [[Macedon]]ian forces led by [[Perseus of Macedon]] trap a [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army led by Consul Quintus Marcius Phillipus near [[Vale of Tempe|Tempe]], but the Macedonians fail to take advantage of their resulting superior tactical position.
* King Perseus asks the [[Seleucid]] King [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes|Antiochus IV]] to join forces with him against the danger that Rome presents to all of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenic]] monarchs. Antiochus IV does not respond.

====Roman Republic====
* ''[[Lex Voconia]]'' (The Voconian Law) is introduced in Rome by the [[tribune]], Quintus Voconius Saxa, with the support of [[Cato the Elder]]. This law prohibits those who own property valued at 100,000 [[Sestertius|sesterces]] from making a woman their heir.
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== Births ==
* [[Liu Fei, Prince of Jiangdu|Liu Fei]], Chinese prince of the [[Han dynasty]]. He is also the son of Emperor [[Emperor Jing of Han|Jing]] and a half-brother of Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Han|Wu]] (d. [[128 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Ennius|Quintus Ennius]], Roman epic poet, dramatist, and satirist, the most influential of the early [[Latin]] poets – and often called the founder of Roman literature or the father of [[Roman Republic|Roman]] poetry. His epic ''Annales'', a poem telling the story of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] from the wanderings of [[Aeneas]] to Ennius' own time, remains the national epic until it is later eclipsed by [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]''.

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