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:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC
Years:	157 BC 156 BC 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC

154 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	154 BC CLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	600
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 170
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 27
Ancient Greek era	156th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4597
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−746
Berber calendar	797
Buddhist calendar	391
Burmese calendar	−791
Byzantine calendar	5355–5356
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 2543 or 2483     — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 2544 or 2484
Coptic calendar	−437 – −436
Discordian calendar	1013
Ethiopian calendar	−161 – −160
Hebrew calendar	3607–3608
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−97 – −96
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2947–2948
Holocene calendar	9847
Iranian calendar	775 BP – 774 BP
Islamic calendar	799 BH – 798 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2180
Minguo calendar	2065 before ROC 民前2065年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1621
Seleucid era	158/159 AG
Thai solar calendar	389–390
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

By place

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

• 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)

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