150s

The 150s decade ran from January 1, 150, to December 31, 159.

Millennium: 1st millennium
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  • Births
  • Deaths
  • Establishments

Events

150

By place
Roman Empire
  • The Roman town Forum Hadriani (Voorburg) receives the title of Municipium Aelium Cananefatium, "the town of the Cananefates" (modern Netherlands). The town is awarded with rights to organize markets.
  • The Germans of the east move south, into the Carpathians and Black Sea area.
  • The Albani appear in the Roman province of Macedonia, specifically in Epirus.
Asia
  • First and only year of Heping of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Americas

By topic
Religion
Art and Science
  • The earliest atlas (Ptolemy's Geography) is made (approximate date).
  • This is also the approximate date of completion of Ptolemy's monumental work Almagest. The geocentric cosmology contained in it holds sway for 1,400 years.
  • Antoninus Liberalis writes a work on mythology (Μεταμορφωσεων Συναγωγη) (approximate date).
  • Paper, made in China, arrives in Transoxiana.

151

By place
Asia

By topic
Art
  • Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong, is made (Han dynasty).

152

By place
Asia
  • The Chinese domination of the Tarim Basin weakens.

153

By place
Roman Empire
  • Minor uprisings occur in Roman Egypt against Roman rule.
Asia
  • Change of era name from Yuanjia (3rd year) to Yongxing of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

154

By place
Roman Empire
  • King Eupator of Bosphorus pays tribute to Rome, due to the threat posed by the Alani.
  • The Antonine Wall is completed.
Asia
  • Last (2nd) year of Yongxing era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
  • Adalla becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.[1]

By topic
Religion

155

156

By place
America

By topic
Religion
  • The heresiarch Montanus first appears in Ardaban (Mysia).

157

By place
Roman Empire
  • A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia.

158

By place
Roman Empire
China
  • Change of era name from Yongshou to Yangxi of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

159

By place
India

Significant people

Births

150

  • March 7 – Lucilla, Roman empress (d. 182)
  • Clement of Alexandria, Greek theologian (d. 215)
  • Gongsun Du, Chinese general and warlord (d. 204)
  • Lucius Fabius Cilo, Roman politician (approximate date)
  • Monoimus, Arab gnostic and writer (approximate date)
  • Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana "Great Vehicle" (d. c. 250)
  • Xu Shao, Chinese official of the Han Dynasty (d. 195)
  • Yufuluo, Chanyu of the southern Xiongnu (d. 196)
  • Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician (d. 219)

151

  • Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
  • Zhong Yao, Chinese official and calligrapher (d. 230)

152

  • Bao Xin, Chinese general and warlord (d. 192)

153

  • Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus
  • Kong Rong, Chinese official and warlord (d. 208)
  • Zhang Hong, Chinese official and politician (d. 212)

154

155

156

  • Dong Zhao, Chinese official and minister (d. 236)
  • Ling of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 189)
  • Pontianus of Spoleto, Christian martyr and saint (d. 175)
  • Zhang Zhao, Chinese general and politician (d. 236)
  • Zhu Zhi, Chinese general and politician (d. 224)

157

  • Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)
  • Hua Xin, Chinese official and minister (d. 232)[7]
  • Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (d. 198)
  • Xun You, Chinese official and statesman (d. 214)

158

  • Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)

159

Deaths

150

  • Aspasius, Greek philosopher and writer (approximate date)
  • Aśvaghoṣa, Indian philosopher and poet (approximate date)[10]
  • Liang Na, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty (b. 116)[11]

151

152

153

  • Tiberius Julius Rhoemetalces, Roman client king

154

155

156

158

  • Wang Yi, Chinese librarian and poet (d. AD 89)

159

  • Liang Ji, Chinese general and regent[14]
  • Liang Nüying, Chinese empress[15]

References
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  2. Halsberghe, Gaston H. (1972). The Cult of Sol Invictus. Brill Archive. p. 45.
  3. Daniélou, Alain (2003). A Brief History of India. Simon and Schuster. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-59477-794-3.
  4. Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue; Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth (2007). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E.-618 C.E. M.E. Sharpe. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-7656-4182-3.
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  7. Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-8108-6053-7.
  8. A History of Chinese Letters and Epistolary Culture. BRILL. 2015. p. 137. ISBN 978-90-04-29212-3.
  9. Jones, Barry (2018). Dictionary of World Biography: Fifth edition. ANU Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-1-76046-219-2.
  10. "Ashvaghosha - Indian philosopher and poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  11. Crespigny, Rafe de (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). BRILL. p. 454. ISBN 9789047411840.
  12. "Saint Pius I | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  13. Higginbotham, Joyce; Higginbotham, River (2009). ChristoPaganism: An Inclusive Path. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-7387-1467-7.
  14. Crespigny, Rafe de (2016). Fire over Luoyang: A History of the Later Han Dynasty 23-220 AD. BRILL. p. 269. ISBN 978-90-04-32520-3.
  15. Lee, Lily Xiao Hong; Stefanowska, A. D.; Wiles, Sue (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E. Routledge. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-317-47590-3.
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