150s
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
| Centuries: | 1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century |
| Decades: | 120s 130s 140s – 150s – 160s 170s 180s |
| Years: | 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
This is a list of events occurring in the 150s, ordered by year.
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Europe []
- The Roman town Forum Hadriani (Voorburg) receives the title of Municipium Aelium Cananefatium, "the town of the Cananefates" (modern Netherlands). The town is awarded with rights to organize markets.
- The Germans of the east move south, into the Carpathians and Black Sea area.
- The Albani appear in the Roman province of Macedon.
Asia []
- First and only year of Heping of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Americas []
- The Middle Culture period of Mayan civilization ends (approximate date).
- The Great Pyramid of the Sun is constructed in Teotihuacan. It is the tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.
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Religion []
- Marcion of Sinope produces his bible canon, consisting a purged versions of the Gospel of Luke and ten Pauline letters (approximate date).
Arts and sciences []
- The earliest atlas (Ptolemy's Geography) is made (approximate date).
- This is also the approximate date of completion of Ptolemy's monumental work Almagest. The geocentric cosmology contained in it holds sway for 1,400 years.
- Antoninus Liberalis writes a work on mythology (Μεταμορφωσεων Συναγωγη) (approximate date).
- Paper, made in China, arrives in Transoxiana.
151 []
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Asia []
- Mytilene and Smyrna are destroyed by an earthquake.
- First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
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Art []
- Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong, is made. Han dynasty.
152 []
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Roman Empire []
- Minor uprisings occur in Mauritania against Roman rule.
- Regular Roman Army campaigns end in Mauritania.
Asia []
- The Chinese domination of the Tarim Basin weakens.
153 []
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Roman Empire []
- Minor uprisings occur in Egypt against Roman rule.
Asia []
- Change of era name from Yuanjia (3rd year) to Yongxing of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
154 []
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Roman Empire []
- The king of Bosphorus, Eupator, pays tribute to Rome due to the threat posed by the Alani.
- The Antonine Wall is completed.
Asia []
- Last (2nd) year of Yongxing era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
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Religion []
- Anicetus becomes pope (approximate date).
- Anicetus meets with Polycarp of Smyrna to discuss the Computus, the date of Easter in the Christian calendar.
- Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Euzois to Patriarch Laurence.
155 []
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Roman Empire []
- Emperor Antoninus Pius starts a new war against the Parthians who are led by Vologases IV. The war is brief and results in an inconclusive peace.
- Rome states that while it will not be recognized as an official religion, Judaism must be tolerated.
- To restore peace between the Jews and Romans, Antoninus relegalizes circumcision.
- The Romans begin to abandon Hadrian's Wall.
Asia []
- First year of Yongshou era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
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Religion []
- Pope Anicetus succeeds Pope Pius I as the eleventh pope.
- The Christian bishops are in disagreement regarding the date of Easter.
156 []
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157 []
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America []
- La Mojarra Stela 1 in Mesoamerica is produced.
158 []
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Europe []
- The earliest dated use of Sol invictus, in a dedication from Rome.
Asia []
- Change of era name from Yongshou to Yangxi of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
159 []
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Roman Empire []
- The Antonine Wall is briefly abandoned due to pressure from the Picts.
Asia []
- In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni as King Satavahana of Andhra begins.
Significant people []
- Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138–161)