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Heads of State

Year of the Earth Hare己卯( at the beginning of the year Earth Tiger戊寅)

Syria: 150/151 ( year October )

Events

  • The Roman envoys in the Seleucid Empire, Gnaeus Octavius ​​, is murdered. Demetrius I flees from his hostage in Rome, murdered his minor nephew Antiochus V and his regent Lysias and makes himself the ruler of the Seleucid Empire. The recognition of the Roman Empire, however, is denied him, though he delivers both the murderer of Octavius ​​and the Macedonian rebels Andriskos to the Romans.

Born

  • Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Roman politician ( † 133 BC )

Died

  • Gnaeus Octavius ​​, Roman politician
  • Antiochus V, King of the Seleucid Empire (c. 173 BC)
  • Lysias, governor over the Seleucid Empire
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