176 BC

August 2026 February 2011 -176 176 __NOTOC__ Year 176 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hispallus/Laevinus and SpurinusMackay Christopher S. Consuls of the Roman Republic https://sites.ualberta.ca/~csmackay/Consuls.List.html University of Alberta August 21, 2026 (or, less frequently, year 578 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 176 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. Events By place Roman Republic The Roman general, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, subdues Sardinia, enslaving some of the population. Egypt Cleopatra I Syra dies leaving her son, Ptolemy VI, to rule Egypt alone. Parthia King Phriapatius of Parthia dies and is succeeded by his son Phraates I. Births Deaths Cleopatra I Syra, queen of Egypt from 193 BC, wife of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and regent for her young son, Ptolemy VI Philometor (b. c. 204 BC) Phriapatius, king of Parthia References