Third Macedonian War 170 BC–167 BC

Belligerents: Aetolia, Macedonia, Kingdom of Numidia, Thessaly, Perseus of Macedon, Achaean League, Eumenes II, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus

Who lived through the Third Macedonian War

Well-known people alive during 170 BC–167 BC:

• Cato the Elder (233 BC–148 BC) — Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
• Terence (184 BC–158 BC) — Roman comic playwright (2nd cent. BC)
• Polybius (199 BC–119 BC) — ancient Greek historian
• Hipparchus (189 BC–119 BC) — 2nd century Greek astronomer, geographer and mathematician
• Ennius (238 BC–168 BC) — Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)
• Manetho (201 BC–) — 3rd-century BC Egyptian historian and priest
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes (214 BC–163 BC) — king of the Seleucid Empire (175–164 BC)
• Apollodorus of Athens (179 BC–119 BC) — ancient Greek grammarian and historian
• Kanada (200 BC–160 BC) — Vedic sage and founder of Deepak school of Hindu philosophy
• Ptolemy VI (185 BC–144 BC) — Egyptian pharaoh
• Mithridates I of Parthia (194 BC–131 BC) — king of Parthian Empire from 165 to 132 BC
• Scipio Aemilianus (184 BC–128 BC) — Roman politician and general (185–129 BC)
• Carneades (212 BC–128 BC) — ancient Greek philosopher
• Cleopatra II of Egypt (186 BC–115 BC) — queen of Ptolemaic Egypt
• Ptolemy VIII Physcon (181 BC–115 BC) — an Egyptian king from the second century BC
• Massinissa (237 BC–148 BC) — first king of Numidia from 202 BC to 148 BC
• Perseus of Macedon (211 BC–165 BC) — King of Macedonia from 179 to 168 BC
• Panaetius (184 BC–110 BC) — 2nd-century BC Greek philosopher
• Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (227 BC–159 BC) — Roman general and statesman (c. 229 – 160 BC)
• Zhang Qian (199 BC–113 BC) — imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
• Demetrius I Soter (186 BC–149 BC) — Ruler of Seleucid Empire from 162 to 150 BC
• Eumenes II (220 BC–158 BC) — King of Pergamon from 197 to 159 BC
• Dionysius Thrax (169 BC–89 BC) — ancient Greek grammarian
• Phraates III of Parthia (200 BC–) — Parthian emperor (70 BC - 57 BC)
• Phraates II of Parthia (200 BC–126 BC) — Parthian emperor (132-128 BC)

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