154 BC
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| Centuries: | 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC |
| Decades: | 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC |
| Years: | 157 BC 156 BC 155 BC - 154 BC - 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC |
| 154 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 154 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 600 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1997 – -1996 |
| Berber calendar | 797 |
| Buddhist calendar | 391 |
| Burmese calendar | -791 |
| Chinese calendar | 2483/2543 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2484/2544([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -437 – -436 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -161 – -160 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3607 – 3608 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -98 – -97 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 2948 – 2949 |
| Holocene calendar | 9847 |
| Iranian calendar | 775 BP – 774 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 799 BH – 798 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2180 |
| Thai solar calendar | 390 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Hispania
- The Lusitani harry the inhabitants of the Roman provinces in Hispania. At the same time, the Celtiberians of Numantia on the Douro revolt against the Roman occupation.
[edit] 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 of 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
- Gaius Gracchus, Roman politician, younger brother of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, who, like him, will pursue a popular political agenda that ultimately ends in his death (d. 121 BC)
- Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Roman philologist and speechwriter (d. 74 BC)
