150 BC Chr.
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| 150 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 394/395 (southern Buddhism); 393/394 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the metal rabbit 辛卯 ( at the beginning of the year metal tiger 庚寅) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 157th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3611/12 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCIV (604) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 161/162 (turn of the year April); Syria: 162/163 (turn of the year October) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal moves with an army to Numidia in order to put the local king Massinissa in his place because of border disputes. With better tactics, Massinissa remains the victor and dictates peace conditions to the detriment of Carthage. Rome classifies the campaign, which he did not approve, as a breach of the peace treaty of 201 BC. Chr. With Carthage, and decide on its destruction at the request of Marcus Porcius Cato , each of his speeches in the Senate with the words Carthago Delenda Est ( Incidentally, I am of the opinion that Carthage must be destroyed. ) Finished. The Third Punic War is in the making . Pontifex Maximus Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, however, opposes the destruction of Carthage.
- During the Spanish War, the Romans under Praetor Servius Sulpicius Galba slaughter a large part of the Lusitan tribe .
- around 150 BC The Burgundians settled in the Vistula estuary .
Seleucid Empire
- Usurper Alexander I. Balas succeeds with Egyptian support in a decisive victory over Demetrios I , who falls in battle. Alexander takes over the rule in the Seleucid Empire . In the same year he married Cleopatra Thea , the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy VI. with which he further consolidates his position.
science and technology
- around 150 BC Chr .: Hipparchus of Nicaea calculates the distance between the earth and the moon to be 30 diameters of the earth (384,000 km).
- around 150 BC Chr .: Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder writes De agri cultura ( About agriculture ).
Born
- around 150 BC BC: Zenon of Sidon , Greek philosopher and mathematician († around 70 BC)
Died
- Demetrios I , King of the Seleucid Empire
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