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Year '''146 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Achaicus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 608 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 146 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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=== By place ===
==== Roman Republic ====
* Roman armies destroy [[Ancient Carthage|Carthage]] and [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]].<ref>{{cite book | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | title=The Ancient Roman City | year=1988 | place=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | page=36 | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref> 

==== Africa ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Battle of Carthage (c. 149 BC)|Carthage falls]] to [[Roman Republic|Roman]] forces under [[Scipio Aemilianus]] and the city is completely destroyed.  End of the [[Third Punic War]].

==== Greece ====
* [[Achaean War]]: The Romans conquer the [[Achaean League]] and southern [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] becomes a [[Roman Greece|Roman province]].
:*[[Battle of Scarpheia]]: The Romans led by [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus]] defeat an [[Achaean League]] force under [[Critolaos of Megalopolis|Critolaus]]
:* [[Battle of Corinth (146 BC)|Battle of Corinth]]: The Romans under [[Lucius Mummius]] defeat the Achaean League near Corinth. [[Corinth, Greece|Corinth]] is destroyed, and the Achaean League dissolved.

=== By topic ===
==== Astronomy ====
* [[Hipparchus]] determines the [[equinoctial point]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Critolaos of Megalopolis|Critolaus]], general of the [[Achaean League]]
* [[Gentius]], the last king of [[Illyria]] (approximate date)

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