150s

The 150s decade ran from January 1, 150, to December 31, 159.

Events

150

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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 Macedonia, specifically in Epirus.

Asia

• First and only year of Heping^{[ clarification needed ]} 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).

Art and science

• 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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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

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By place

Asia

• The Chinese domination of the Tarim Basin weakens.

153

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By place

Roman Empire

• Minor uprisings occur in Roman 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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By place

Roman Empire

• King Eupator of Bosphorus 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.
• Adalla becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla. ^[1]

By topic

Religion

• Anicetus becomes pope of Rome (approximate date).
• Anicetus meets with Polycarp of Smyrna to discuss the Computus, the date of Easter in the Christian liturgical calendar.
• Change of Patriarch of Constantinople from Patriarch Euzois to Patriarch Laurence.

155

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• The Council of Rome, a pre-ecumenical church council, is held and presided over by Bishop of Rome Anicetus.

156

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By place

America

• The La Mojarra Stela 1 is produced in Mesoamerica.

By topic

Religion

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

157

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Roman Empire

• A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia.

Asia

• In Jiuzhen (modern day Northern Vietnam), during the second Era of Northern Domination, a rebellion led by Chu Đạt breaks out and lasts for two to three years, until it is quelled by the Han Dynasty, under emperor Huan. ^[2]

158

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By place

Roman Empire

• The earliest dated use of Sol Invictus, in a dedication from Rome. ^[3]
• A revolt against Roman rule in Dacia is crushed.

China

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

159

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By place

India

• In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni, as King Satavahana of Andhra, begins. ^[4]

Significant people

• Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138–161)

Births

Transcluding articles: AD 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159

150

• March 7 – Lucilla, Roman empress (d. 182)
• Cassius Dio, Roman historian (approximate year) ^[5]
• Clement of Alexandria, Greek theologian (d. 215)
• Gongsun Du, Chinese general and warlord (d. 204)
• Lucius Fabius Cilo, Roman politician (approximate date)
• Monoimus, Arab gnostic and writer (approximate date)
• Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana "Great Vehicle" (d. c. 250)
• Xu Shao, Chinese official of the Han dynasty (d. 195)
• Yufuluo, Chanyu of the southern Xiongnu (d. 196)
• Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician (d. 219)

151

• Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
• Zhong Yao, Chinese official and calligrapher (d. 230)

152

• Bao Xin, Chinese general and warlord (d. 192) ^[6]

153

• Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus
• Kong Rong, Chinese official and warlord (d. 208)
• Zhang Hong, Chinese official and politician (d. 212)

154

• July 11 – Bardaisan, Syriac gnostic (d. 222)

155

• Cao Cao, Chinese statesman and warlord (d. 220) ^[7]
• Dio Cassius, Roman historian (d. c. 235) ^[8]
• Tertullian, Roman Christian theologian (d. c. 240)
• Sun Jian, Chinese general and warlord (d. 191) ^[9]

156

• Dong Zhao, Chinese official and minister (d. 236)
• Ling of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 189)
• Pontianus of Spoleto, Christian martyr and saint (d. 175)
• Zhang Zhao, Chinese general and politician (d. 236) ^[10]
• Zhu Zhi, Chinese general and politician (d. 224)

157

• Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)
• Hua Xin, Chinese official and minister (d. 232) ^[11]
• Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (d. 198)
• Xun You, Chinese official and statesman (d. 214)

158

• Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)

159

• December 30 – Lady Bian, wife of Cao Cao (d. 230) ^[12]
• Annia Aurelia Fadilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
• Gordian I, Roman emperor (d. 238) ^[13]
• Lu Zhi, Chinese general (d. 192)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: AD 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159

150

• Aspasius, Greek philosopher and writer (approximate date)
• Aśvaghoṣa, Indian philosopher and poet (approximate date) ^[14]
• Liang Na, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (b. 116) ^[15]

151

• Kanishka, Indian ruler of the Kushan Empire
• Novatus, Christian saint (approximate date) ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}

152

• January 14 – Markianos, patriarch of Alexandria
• Yan Ming, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty

153

• Tiberius Julius Rhoemetalces, Roman client king ^[20]

154

• Euzois, bishop of Byzantium
• Ilseong, Korean ruler of Silla ^[1]
• Pius I, pope of Rome (approximate date)

155

• Pius I, Roman bishop ^[21]
• Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (b. AD 65) ^[22]

156

• Marcus Gavius Maximus, Roman praetorian prefect
• Zhang Daoling, Chinese Taoist master (b. AD 34)

158

• Wang Yi, Chinese librarian and poet (b. AD 89)

159

• Liang Ji, Chinese general and regent ^[23]
• Liang Nüying, Chinese empress ^[24]

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