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Year '''179 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 Flaccus and Fulvianus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 575 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 179 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 ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (consul 177 BC)|Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus]] goes to [[Hispania]] as [[Roman Republic|Roman]] governor to deal with uprisings there.
* The [[Pons Aemilius]] is completed across the [[Tiber River]] in Rome. It is regarded as the world's first stone bridge.<ref>{{cite book | page=30 | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | place=Baltimore | year=1988 | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | title=The Ancient Roman City | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 187 BC)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] is appointed both [[Roman censor|censor]] and [[princeps senatus]].

==== Greece ====
* [[Philip V of Macedon]] dies at [[Amphipolis]] in [[Macedon]]ia, remorseful for having put his younger son Demetrius to death, at the instigation of his older son [[Perseus of Macedon|Perseus]]. Nevertheless, he is succeeded by his son Perseus.

==== Asia Minor ====
* [[Eumenes II of Pergamum]] defeats [[Pharnaces I of Pontus]] in a major battle. Finding himself unable to cope with the combined forces of Eumenes and [[Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia]], Pharnaces is compelled to purchase peace by ceding all his conquests in [[Galatia]] and [[Paphlagonia]], with the exception of [[Sinop, Turkey|Sinope]].
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== Births ==
* [[Dong Zhongshu]], Chinese scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of [[Confucianism]] as the official ideology of the Chinese imperial state (d. [[104 BC]])
* [[Liu An]], Chinese prince, geographer, and cartographer (d. [[122 BC]])
* [[Sima Xiangru]], Chinese statesman, poet, and musician (d. [[117 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Liu Xiang, Prince of Qi|Liu Xiang]], Chinese prince involved in the [[Lü Clan Disturbance]] in [[180 BC]] and grandson of [[Emperor Gao of Han]]
* [[Philip V of Macedon|Philip V]], king of [[Macedon]]ia from [[221 BC]], whose attempt to extend Macedonian influence throughout [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] has occurred at a time of growing [[Roman Republic|Roman]] involvement in Greek affairs and resulted in his military defeat by Rome (b. [[238 BC]])

== References ==
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