150s

Events

Contents: 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159

150

By place

Roman Empire

• 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.

By topic

Religion

• Marcion of Sinope produces his bible canon, consisting of 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

By place

Asia

• Mytilene and Smyrna are destroyed by an earthquake.
• First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

By topic

Art

• Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong, is made. Han dynasty.

152

By place

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

By place

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

By place

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.

By topic

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

By place

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.

By topic

Religion

• Pope Anicetus succeeds Pope Pius I as the eleventh pope.
• The Christian bishops are in disagreement regarding the date of Easter.

156

By topic

Religion

• The heresiarch Montanus first appears in Ardaban (Mysia).

157

By place

Roman Empire

• A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia.

America

• La Mojarra Stela 1 in Mesoamerica is produced.

158

By place

Roman Empire

• The earliest dated use of Sol invictus, in a dedication from Rome.
• A revolt against Roman rule in Dacia is crushed.

Asia

• Change of era name from Yongshou to Yangxi of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

159

By place

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)

Births

• Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus, better known as Gordian I. Born c. 159, he would eventually become a Roman emperor.

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