147 BC

December 2025 February 2011 -147 147 Year 147 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aemilianus and Drusus (or, less frequently, year 607 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 147 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Ireland Corlea Trackway completed. Roman Republic Despite being the five years below the minimum age required, Scipio Aemilianus is elected Consul under popular pressure.Abrecht Ryan R. 2010 Scipio Aemilianus https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195170726.001.0001/acref-9780195170726-e-1134 The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome Oxford University Press 27 December 2025 9780195388398 In Lusitania, Hispania, the Celtic king Viriathus, rallies Lusitanian resistance to Rome. Syria Demetrius II of Syria returns to Syria (approximate date). Jonathan Maccabaeus conquers Joppa. Deaths Bo, Chinese empress of the Western Han Dynasty References