162 BC

Also known as 162 BCE

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Part of: 160s BC
Followed by: 161 BC
Follows: 163 BC

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Commons category: 162 BC
topic's main category: Category:162 BC
point in time: 0162-01-01
category for births in this time period: Category:162 BC births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:162 BC deaths

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Encyclopedic overview

Year 162 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Corculum/Lentulus and Figulus/Ahenobarbus (or, less frequently, year 592 Ab urbe condita) and the Second Year of Houyuan. The denomination 162 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.

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