150s

Millennia
1st millennium
Centuries
Decades
Years
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
Categories
  • Births
  • Deaths
  • Establishments

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

Events

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 Macedonia, specifically in Epirus.
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).
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

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

Asia
  • The Chinese domination of the Tarim Basin weakens.

153

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

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

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

156

By place

America

By topic

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

157

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

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

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

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

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

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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