149 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	170s BC  160s BC  150s BC  – 140s BC –  130s BC  120s BC  110s BC
Years:	152 BC 151 BC 150 BC – 149 BC – 148 BC 147 BC 146 BC

149 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	149 BC
Ab urbe condita	605
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 175
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 32
Ancient Greek era	157th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4602
Bengali calendar	−741
Berber calendar	802
Buddhist calendar	396
Burmese calendar	−786
Byzantine calendar	5360–5361
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2548 or 2488     — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 2549 or 2489
Coptic calendar	−432 – −431
Discordian calendar	1018
Ethiopian calendar	−156 – −155
Hebrew calendar	3612–3613
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−92 – −91
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2953–2954
Holocene calendar	9852
Iranian calendar	770 BP – 769 BP
Islamic calendar	794 BH – 793 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2185
Minguo calendar	2060 before ROC 民前2060年
Seleucid era	163/164 AG
Thai solar calendar	394–395

Year 149 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Manilius (or, less frequently, year 605 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 149 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• The Third Punic War begins.^[1] The Romans land 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 escalates 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.^[2]

Bithynia

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

Births

Deaths

• Cato the Elder, Roman statesman (b. 234 BC)^[3]
• Prusias II of Bithynia (assassinated) (b. c. 182 BC)

References

1. Hooker, Richard (6 June 1999). "Rome: The Punic Wars". Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
2. "Fourth Macedonian War". Retrieved 29 June 2010.
3. "Cato the Elder". Retrieved 29 June 2010.