Editing 154 BC

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Year '''154 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 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Hispania ====
* The [[Lusitanians]] harry the inhabitants of the [[Roman Republic|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 [[War reparations|reparations]] from Prusias II. In response, Prusias II sends his son [[Nicomedes II Epiphanes|Nicomedes]] to Rome to ask the Romans' help in reducing the amount of these reparations.

==== Egypt ====
* The [[Ancient Egypt|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.
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== Births ==
* [[Gaius Gracchus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] politician, younger brother of [[Tiberius Gracchus|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 Republic|Roman]] [[philologist]] and speechwriter (d. [[74 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Chao Cuo]], Chinese advisor and official of the [[Han dynasty]] (b. c. [[200 BC]])
* [[Liu Pi, Prince of Wu|Liu Pi]], Chinese prince and general of the Han dynasty (b. [[216 BC]])

== References ==
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