The world in 170 BC — what happened that year

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

What happened

Southern Europe (1)

• Envoys from Abdera appealed at the Senate's door that Hortensius had stormed and plundered their city (Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) 43.4)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Mahameghavahana dynasty appears
• ◆ Shunga Empire appears
• ◆ Wusun appears
• ◆ Ankhwennefer (pharaoh) ends
• ◆ Kalinga ends
• ◆ Maurya Empire ends
• ◆ Minyue ends
• ◆ Satavahana dynasty ends

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