149 BC

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'149 BC' was a year in the second century BC.

Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Macedon

Bithynia

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Third Punic War declared; Rome lands an army in Africa to begin the Battle of Carthage.

★ Servius Sulpicius Galba is prosecuted for corruption while serving in Spain, but is acquitted after he parades his weeping family members before the tribunal.

★ The turmoil in Spain escalated again with the renewal of the Lusitanian War under the leadership of Viriathus and the Celtiberian War.

Macedon

★ Andriscus, the last king of Macedon, ascends to the throne.

Bithynia

★ With Roman help, Nicomedes II overthrows his father Prusias II as king of Bithynia.

Births

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Deaths

★ Cato the Elder, Roman statesman

★ Prusias II of Bithynia (assassinated)