150s

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

Events

150

By place[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

• 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[edit]

• First and only year of Heping^{[clarification needed]} of the Chinese Han dynasty.

Americas[edit]

• 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[edit]

Religion[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

Asia[edit]

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

By topic[edit]

Art[edit]

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

152

By place[edit]

Asia[edit]

• The Chinese domination of the Tarim Basin weakens.

153

By place[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

• Minor uprisings occur in Roman Egypt against Roman rule.

Asia[edit]

• Change of era name from Yuanjia (3rd year) to Yongxing of the Chinese Han Dynasty.

154

By place[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

• King Eupator of Bosphorus pays tribute to Rome, due to the threat posed by the Alani.
• The Antonine Wall is completed.

Asia[edit]

• Last (2nd) year of Yongxing era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• Adalla becomes ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla.^[1]

By topic[edit]

Religion[edit]

• 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 by Bishop of Rome Anicetus.

156

By place[edit]

America[edit]

• The La Mojarra Stela 1 is produced in Mesoamerica.

By topic[edit]

Religion[edit]

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

157

By place[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

• A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia.

158

By place[edit]

Roman Empire[edit]

• The earliest dated use of Sol Invictus, in a dedication from Rome.^[2]
• A revolt against Roman rule in Dacia is crushed.

China[edit]

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

159

By place[edit]

India[edit]

• In India, the reign of Shivashri Satakarni, as King Satavahana of Andhra, begins.^[3]