148 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC

Decades: 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC - 140s BC - 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC

Years: 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC - 148 BC - 147 BC 146 BC 145 BC 144 BC 143 BC

Events

• With the defeat of Andriscus in the Battle of Pydna, Macedon is reorganized as a Roman province.
• Construction of the Via Postumia, linking Aquileia and Genua.
• Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus divides Numidia between the three sons of the recently-deceased Masinissa.

Births

Deaths

• Masinissa, king of Numidia