Editing 151 BC

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Year '''151 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 Lucullus and Albinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 603 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 151 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 ====
* The [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] debt to Rome is fully repaid, meaning that, according to Carthage, the treaty with [[Roman Republic|Rome]], which was put in place at the end of the [[Second Punic War]], is no longer in force. The Romans do not agree with this interpretation. Instead they view the treaty as a permanent declaration of Carthaginian subordination to Rome.
* [[Numidia]] launches another border raid on Carthaginian soil, besieging a town. In response Carthage launches a large military expedition (25,000 soldiers) to repel the Numidian invaders.

==== Roman Republic ====
* At [[Polybius]]' request, [[Scipio Aemilianus]] manages to gain the support of the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] statesman [[Cato the Elder]] (whose son has married Scipio's sister Aemilia) for a proposal to release (and return to [[Ancient Greece|Greece]]) the 300 [[Achaea]]n internees who are still being held without trial after being deported to [[Rome]] in [[167 BC]].
* Roman forces help the thriving Greek commercial port of [[Marseille|Massilia]] combat raids from the [[Celt]]s from [[Cisalpine Gaul]].
* Roman armies under the leadership of [[praetor]] [[Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 144 BC)|Servius Sulpicius Galba]] and the proconsul [[Lucius Licinius Lucullus (consul 151 BC)|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]] arrive in [[Hispania Ulterior]] and begin the process of subduing the local population. The revolt of the [[Celtiberians]] of [[Numantia]] is stopped.

==== India ====
* [[Agnimitra]] succeeds his father [[Pushyamitra Shunga]] as emperor of the [[Shunga dynasty]].
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== Deaths ==
* [[Pushyamitra Shunga]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Sinha|first=Binod |title=History of the Shunga Dynasty|year=1977|publisher=Bharatiya Publishing House}}</ref> Indian emperor and founder of the Indian [[Shunga dynasty]], who has reigned since [[185 BC]]

== References ==
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