The world in 162 BC — what happened that year

7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (1)

• He made peace with the Xiongnu and, by edict, formed a bond of brotherhood with the Chanyu. (Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals 漢書卷004 文帝後元二年六月)

South Asia (2)

• Kandula and the warriors besieged Vijitanagara for four months, and broke the iron gates and walls to take it. (Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) 25.19-46) tradition
• At Girilaka he killed the Tamil Giriya, and at Mahelanagara he stayed four months and defeated the commander by a stratagem. (Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) 25.47-49) tradition

West Asia (2)

• Antiochus marches into Judea with a great army and elephants and takes the small city of Bethsura (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews BJ 1.41–46)
• Demetrius becomes king and sends Bacchides to Judea (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 12.393)

Egypt & North Africa (1)

• Ptolemy Physcon invades toward Cyrene (Polybius, Histories 31.27)

Southern Europe (1)

• Demetrius escapes from Rome (Polybius, Histories 31.22)

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