154 BC

Year 154 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Opimius and Albinus/Glabrio (or, less frequently, year 600 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 154 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
154 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar154 BC
CLIII BC
Ab urbe condita600
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 170
- PharaohPtolemy VI Philometor, 27
Ancient Greek era156th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar4597
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−746
Berber calendar797
Buddhist calendar391
Burmese calendar−791
Byzantine calendar5355–5356
Chinese calendar丙戌年 (Fire Dog)
2543 or 2483
     to 
丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
2544 or 2484
Coptic calendar−437 – −436
Discordian calendar1013
Ethiopian calendar−161 – −160
Hebrew calendar3607–3608
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat−97 – −96
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga2947–2948
Holocene calendar9847
Iranian calendar775 BP – 774 BP
Islamic calendar799 BH – 798 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2180
Minguo calendar2065 before ROC
民前2065年
Nanakshahi calendar−1621
Seleucid era158/159 AG
Thai solar calendar389–390
Tibetan calendar阳火狗年
(male Fire-Dog)
−27 or −408 or −1180
     to 
阴火猪年
(female Fire-Pig)
−26 or −407 or −1179

Events

Hispania

  • The Lusitanians harry the inhabitants of the Roman provinces in Hispania. At the same time, the Celtiberians of Numantia on the Douro revolt against their Roman occupation.

Asia Minor

  • After a two-year struggle, Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum is finally able to defeat Prusias II, the aggressive king of Bithynia in northern Anatolia. He is assisted in his battle against Prusias II by Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (who has sent his son Demetrius to command his forces) and by the Romans.
  • After his victory, Attalus II insists on heavy reparations from Prusias II. In response, Prusias II sends his son Nicomedes to Rome to ask the Romans' help in reducing the amount of these reparations.

Egypt

  • The Egyptian king Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats his brother, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes, after he attempts to seize Cyprus by force. Nevertheless Philometor restores his brother to Cyrenaica, marries one of his daughters to him, and grants him a grain subsidy.

China

  • The Rebellion of the Seven States against the Han Dynasty fails and Emperor Jing of Han further consolidates his power at the expense of the regional, semi-autonomous kings governing the eastern portion of the empire.

Births

Deaths

  • Chao Cuo, Chinese advisor and official of the Han Dynasty (b. c. 200 BC)
  • Liu Pi, Chinese prince and general of the Han Dynasty (b. 216 BC)

References

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