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171 Bce

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Events

At the Battle Of Callicinus , Perseus Of Macedon defeats a Roman army under Publius Licinius Crassus .

Spanish-born children of Roman soldiers appear before the Roman Senate to request a town to live in, and are given Carteia in southern Spain .

Demetrius I Of Bactria , founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom dies. He is succeeded by his presumed son and co-ruler Euthydemus II .

Euthydemus II , King of Bactria dies and is succeeded by his relative Agathocles Of Bactria . Agathocles also inherits parts of the Indo-Greek Kingdom . The remaining lands are under the command of King Apollodotus I .

Mithridates I becomes King of Parthia , opening the The Phil-Hellenistic Period (171 BC– 10 AD ).

Births

Deaths

Demetrius I Of Bactria , founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom .

Euthydemus II , King of Bactria .

Phraates I , King of Parthia