Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC
Years:	170 BC 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC 164 BC

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167 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	167 BC CLXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	587
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 157
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 14
Ancient Greek era	153rd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4584
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−759
Berber calendar	784
Buddhist calendar	378
Burmese calendar	−804
Byzantine calendar	5342–5343
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2531 or 2324 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 2532 or 2325
Coptic calendar	−450 – −449
Discordian calendar	1000
Ethiopian calendar	−174 – −173
Hebrew calendar	3594–3595
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−110 – −109
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2934–2935
Holocene calendar	9834
Iranian calendar	788 BP – 787 BP
Islamic calendar	812 BH – 811 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2167
Minguo calendar	2078 before ROC 民前2078年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1634
Seleucid era	145/146 AG
Thai solar calendar	376–377
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) −40 or −421 or −1193 — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) −39 or −420 or −1192

Year 167 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Paetus and Pennus (or, less frequently, year 587 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 167 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

By place

Seleucid Empire

King Antiochus IV Epiphanes, believing Judea to be in revolt, returns there after the failure of his Egyptian campaign.
The Jewish priest Mattathias of Modi'in defies the king Antiochus IV's decrees aimed at hellenizing the Jews and specifically defies the order that Jews should sacrifice to Zeus. Mattathias slays a Syrian official and escapes into the Judean hills with his five sons, beginning the Maccabean Revolt, a Jewish rebellion against Seleucid control of Judea.

Greece

Private documents collected by the Romans when they capture Perseus of Macedon incriminate political leaders of the Achaean League. Many influential Greeks are deported to Rome.
On his way back to Rome, the Roman general Lucius Aemilius Paulus is ordered by the Roman Senate to inflict a brutal revenge on Epirus for being an ally of Macedonia. Seventy towns in Epirus are destroyed, and at least 100,000 citizens are sold into slavery. These actions take place despite the fact that Epirus has not aided Perseus in his war with Rome.

Roman Republic

Lucius Aemilius Paulus returns to Italy with the King of Macedonia, Perseus, as his prisoner for his triumphal procession in Rome, where the Macedonians captured are sold into slavery. The huge amount of booty brought home after the battle enriches Rome allowing the Government to relieve her citizens of direct taxation. As a gesture of acknowledgment for his achievements in Macedonia, the senate awards Lucius Aemilius Paulus the surname Macedonicus.

Parthia

The Parthians capture the key central Asian city of Herat. This victory effectively chokes off the movement of trade along the Silk Road to China and means that the Hellenic kingdom of Bactria is doomed.