147 BC Chr.
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| 147 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 397/398 (southern Buddhism); 396/397 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the wood-horse 甲午 ( at the beginning of the year water-snake 癸巳) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 158th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3614/15 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCVII (607) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 164/165 (turn of the year April); Syria: 165/166 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire / Carthage
- The uprising in Lusitania against the Romans (until 139 BC ) begins under the "man with the bracelets" Viriathus
- Publius Cornelius Scipio is elected consul .
- Hasdrubal takes command of Carthage and defends the city against the Romans.
Seleucid Empire
- Demetrios II opens the fight for the Seleucid Empire against the usurper Alexander I Balas .
- Kamnaskires I. Soter drives the Seleucid governor from Susa and makes himself ruler of Elymais .
Culture