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Year '''150 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 Flamininus and Balbus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 604 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 150 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 ===

==== Carthage ====
* [[Scipio Aemilianus Africanus|Scipio Aemilianus]] is sent by the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] general, [[Lucius Licinius Lucullus (consul 151 BC)|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]], to [[Numidia]] to obtain some elephants from the Numidian king [[Masinissa]], the friend of his grandfather [[Scipio Africanus]]. While there, he witnesses a great but indecisive battle between the Numidians and the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]]. The latter then ask Scipio Aemilianus to arrange a settlement, but the negotiations break down.

==== Roman Republic ====
* The [[Roman Senate]] shows displeasure with Carthage's decision to wage war against its neighbour without Roman consent, and tells Carthage that in order to avoid a war it has to "satisfy the Roman People". The [[Roman censor]], [[Cato the Elder]], urges the destruction of Carthage and the Roman Senate orders the gathering of an army.

==== Seleucid Empire ====
* The [[pretender]] to the Seleucid throne, [[Alexander Balas]], who claims to be the son of the late [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes|Antiochus IV]], defeats the [[Seleucid]] king, [[Demetrius I Soter]], in battle and kills him. The Roman Senate, along with [[Attalus II Philadelphus]] of [[Pergamum]] and [[Ptolemy VI Philometor]] of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]], support Alexander Balas and he becomes the ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Demetrius I Soter's son, [[Demetrius II Nicator|Demetrius]], goes into exile in [[Crete]].
* The new king of the Seleucid Empire, Alexander Balas, marries [[Cleopatra Thea]], a daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor of Egypt.

==== Asia Minor ====
* [[Nicomedes II Epiphanes|Nicomedes]], the son of king [[Prusias II]] of [[Bithynia]], who has been sent to Rome to argue for smaller reparations arising from his father's unsuccessful war against [[Pergamum]], gains the support of the [[Roman Senate]] to the point where Prusias sends an emissary with secret orders to assassinate Nicomedes. However, the emissary reveals the plot to Nicomedes and persuades him to rebel against his father.
* [[Mithridates V of Pontus|Mithridates V Euergetes]] succeeds his uncle [[Mithridates IV of Pontus|Mithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus]] as king of [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]]. He continues the strategy of maintaining an alliance with the Romans which was started by his predecessor.

==== Hispania ====
* The Romans, led by [[praetor]] [[Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 144 BC)|Servius Sulpicius Galba]], defeat the [[Lusitanians]] in a major battle in [[Hispania]]. He then breaks his promise to the defeated Lusitanian rebels by instituting a massacre of 9,000 of their number during the peace talks. Later 20,000 more Lusitanians are sold as slaves in [[Gaul]].

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* The making of the statue ''Hellenistic Ruler'' begins and is finished [[140 BC|ten years later]]. It is now kept at the [[Museo Nazionale Romano]] in Rome.
* The enlargement of the Great Stupa of [[Sanchi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India begins, taking about [[50 BC|100 years]].
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== Births ==
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== Deaths ==
* [[Demetrius I Soter]], Seleucid king of [[Syria]] (b. c. [[187 BC]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Demetrius-I-Soter | access-date=February 26, 2024 | title=Demetrius I Soter | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
* [[Mithridates IV of Pontus|Mithridates IV Philopator Philadelphus]], king of [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]]
* [[Paerisades III]], king of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]]

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