152 BC

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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Ox己丑(at the beginning of Earth Rat戊子)

Syria: 160/161 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

• Alexander I Balas lands in Ptolemais and built there an alternative government to Demetrius I in the Seleucid empire on. This is recognized among others by the Hasmoneans Jonathan.

Religion

• Jonathan the Hasmonean rulers of Judea, also takes over the High Priesthood of the Jews.

Sports

• Leonidas of Rhodes wins for the fourth time in a row, all running competitions at the Olympic Games.

Died

• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman politician
• Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus, Roman politician
• Ptolemy Eupator, son of the Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy VI.

• Year (2nd century BC)
• 152 BC