147 BC

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'147 BC' was a year in the second century BC.

Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Syria

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Scipio Aemilianus takes command in the Battle of Carthage.

Syria

★ Demetrius II of Syria returns to Syria. (approximate)

★ Jonathan Maccabaeus conquers Joppa.

Births

★ Lokaksema, a Buddhist monk from Gandhara (modern Pakistan/Afghanistan), Yuezhi in ethnicity, the first to translate Mahayana scriptures into the Chinese language during the Han Dynasty.

Deaths

★ Empress Bo