Editing 149 BC

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Year '''149 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 Censorinus and Manilius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 605 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 149 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 ====
* The [[Third Punic War]] begins.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hooker|first=Richard|title=Rome: The Punic Wars|url=http://wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/PUNICWAR.HTM|access-date=29 June 2010|date=6 June 1999| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100528041609/http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ROME/PUNICWAR.HTM| archive-date=May 28, 2010<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref> The [[Roman Republic|Romans]] land an army in [[Africa]] to begin the [[Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC)|Battle of Carthage]].
* [[Servius Sulpicius Galba (Consul 144 BC)|Servius Sulpicius Galba]] is prosecuted for corruption while serving in [[Spain]], but is acquitted after he parades his weeping family members before the tribunal.
*[[Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (consul 133 BC)|Lucius Calpurnius Piso]] passes the ''[[Lex Calpurnia|lex Calpurnia de repetundis]]'' which establishes the first permanent criminal court in Rome.
* The turmoil in Spain escalates again with the renewal of the [[Lusitanian War]], under the leadership of [[Viriathus]], and the [[Celtiberian War]].

==== Macedon ====
* [[Andriscus]], the last king of [[Macedon]], ascends to the throne.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fourth Macedonian War|url=http://www.unrv.com/empire/fourth-macedonian-war.php|access-date=29 June 2010}}</ref>

==== Bithynia ====
* With Roman help, [[Nicomedes II of Bithynia|Nicomedes II]] overthrows his father Prusias II as king of [[Bithynia]].
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== Deaths ==
* [[Cato the Elder]], Roman statesman (b. [[234 BC]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Cato the Elder|url=http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/cato-e.html|access-date=29 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612013510/http://roman-empire.net/republic/cato-e.html|archive-date=June 12, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Prusias II of Bithynia|Prusias II]], Greek king of [[Bithynia]] (b. c. [[220 BC]])

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