150 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Iran

Carthage

By topic

Art

Astronomy

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Iran

★ Alexander Balas becomes ruler of the Seleucid Empire.

Carthage

★ Start of Third Punic War, caused by the outbreak of war between Carthage and Massinissa of Numidia, and subsequent unjust Roman demand that the city of Carthage to be abandoned.

By topic

Art

★ Aphrodite of Melos (also called Venus de Milo) is made. (approximate date) Discovered in 1820. It is now at Musee du Louvre, Paris.

★ c. 150 BC–140 BC — Hellenistic Ruler is made. It is now at Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.

Astronomy

★ Hipparchus determines the distance to the Moon, and builds the first astrolabe (approximate dates).

Births

Deaths

★ Demetrius I of Syria