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Calendar year
Year
150 BC
was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar
. At the time it was known as the
Year of the Consulship of Flamininus and Balbus
(or, less frequently,
year 604
Ab urbe condita
). The denomination 150 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
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Carthage
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Roman Republic
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- The
Roman Senate
shows displeasure with Carthage's decision to wage war against its neighbour without Roman consent, and tells Carthage that in order to avoid a war it has to "satisfy the Roman People". The
Roman censor
,
Cato the Elder
, urges the destruction of Carthage and the Roman Senate orders the gathering of an army.
Seleucid Empire
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- The
pretender
to the Seleucid throne,
Alexander Balas
, who claims to be the son of the late
Antiochus IV
, defeats the
Seleucid
king,
Demetrius I Soter
, in battle and kills him. The Roman Senate, along with
Attalus II Philadelphus
of
Pergamum
and
Ptolemy VI Philometor
of
Egypt
, support Alexander Balas and he becomes the ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Demetrius I Soter's son,
Demetrius
, goes into exile in
Crete
.
- The new king of the Seleucid Empire, Alexander Balas, marries
Cleopatra Thea
, a daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt.
Asia Minor
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- Nicomedes
, the son of king
Prusias II
of
Bithynia
, who has been sent to Rome to argue for smaller reparations arising from his father's unsuccessful war against
Pergamum
, gains the support of the
Roman Senate
to the point where Prusias sends an emissary with secret orders to assassinate Nicomedes. However, the emissary reveals the plot to Nicomedes and persuades him to rebel against his father.
- Mithridates V Euergetes
succeeds his uncle
Mithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus
as king of
Pontus
. He continues the strategy of maintaining an alliance with the Romans which was started by his predecessor.
Hispania
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- The Romans, led by
praetor
Servius Sulpicius Galba
, defeat the
Lusitanians
in a major battle in
Hispania
. He then breaks his promise to the defeated Lusitanian rebels by instituting a massacre of 9,000 of their number during the peace talks. Later 20,000 more Lusitanians are sold as slaves in
Gaul
.
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Births
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Deaths
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References
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