153 BC Chr.
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| 153 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 391/392 (southern Buddhism); 390/391 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) | 
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the earth-rat 戊子 ( at the beginning of the year fire-pig 丁亥) | 
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 156th Olympiad | 
| Jewish calendar | 3608/09 | 
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCI (601) | 
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 158/159 (turn of April); Syria: 159/160 (turn of the year October) | 
Events
- January 1st : Roman consuls begin their official business on January 1st (previously always on March 15th Idibus Martiis). This means that January 1st is the beginning of the year.
 - August 23 : Spanish War : The Roman consul Quintus Fulvius Nobilior is attacked by Celtiberians near Numantia and loses a whole legion .
 - October / November: The Hasmonean Jonathan becomes high priest of the Jews.
 - Alexander Balas claims the throne of the Seleucid Empire. The claim is confirmed to him in Rome.
 
Born
- Gaius Sempronius Gracchus , Roman tribune and agrarian reformer († 121 BC )
 
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