175 BC

Year 175 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scaevola and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 579 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 175 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC
Years:	178 BC 177 BC 176 BC 175 BC 174 BC 173 BC 172 BC

175 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	175 BC CLXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	579
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 149
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 6
Ancient Greek era	151st Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4576
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−767
Berber calendar	776
Buddhist calendar	370
Burmese calendar	−812
Byzantine calendar	5334–5335
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2523 or 2316     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2524 or 2317
Coptic calendar	−458 – −457
Discordian calendar	992
Ethiopian calendar	−182 – −181
Hebrew calendar	3586–3587
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−118 – −117
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2926–2927
Holocene calendar	9826
Iranian calendar	796 BP – 795 BP
Islamic calendar	820 BH – 819 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2159
Minguo calendar	2086 before ROC 民前2086年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1642
Seleucid era	137/138 AG
Thai solar calendar	368–369
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) −48 or −429 or −1201     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) −47 or −428 or −1200

The Middle East in 175 BC (Swedish captions)

Events

By place

Seleucid Empire

• King Seleucus IV of Syria arranges for the exchange of his brother Antiochus for Demetrius, the son of Seleucus IV, who has been a hostage in Rome following the Treaty of Apamea in 188 BC. However, Seleucus IV is assassinated by his chief minister Heliodorus who then seizes the Syrian throne.
• Antiochus manages to oust Heliodorus and takes advantage of Demetrius' captivity in Rome to seize the throne for himself under the name Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
• During this period of uncertainty in Syria, the Egyptian ruler, Ptolemy VI, lays claim to Coele Syria, Palestine, and Phoenicia, which the Seleucid king Antiochus III has previously conquered. Both the Syrian and Egyptian parties appeal to Rome for help, but the Roman Senate refuses to take sides.
• Timarchus is appointed governor of Media in western Persia by Antiochus IV to deal with the growing threat from the Parthians while Timarchus' brother, Heracleides, becomes minister of the royal finances.

By topic

Art

• The construction of the western front of the altar in Pergamum, Turkey, begins (approximate date) and is finished in 156 BC. A reconstruction of it is now kept at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Deaths

• Quintus Caecilius Metellus, Roman consul and dictator (b. c. 250 BC)
• Seleucus IV Philopator, king of the Seleucid dynasty, who has ruled since 187 BC (b. c. 217 BC)
• Cleopatra I of Egypt, mother of Ptolemy VI.