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