147 BC

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Heads of State

Year of the Wood horse甲午( at the beginning of the year, water - snake癸巳)

Syria: 165/166 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Roman Empire / Carthage

• Under the " man with the bracelet " Viriathus the uprising begins in Lusitania against the Romans ( to 139 BC)
• Publius Cornelius Scipio was elected consul.
• Hasdrubal usurps the supreme command in Carthage and defended the city against the Romans.

Seleukidenreich

• Demetrius II opened the battle for the Seleucid Empire against the usurper Alexander Balas I..
• Kamnaskires I Soter distributes the Seleucid governor of Susa, making himself ruler of Elymais.

Culture

• In an engraving of the Chinese emperor Yǔ is represented with a V-shaped tail.

• Year (2nd century BC)
• 147 BC