Year 150 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flamininus and Balbus (or, less frequently, year 604 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 150 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe ...

In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and …

After a two-year struggle, Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamum is finally able to defeat Prusias II, the aggressive king of Bithynia in northern Anatolia. He is assisted in his battle against Prusias II by Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (who has sent his son …

Map of “Countries of the World 1/1/150 BCE.” World History Maps Inc., Alexandria, VA, 2008. Available at www.WorldHistoryMaps.com .

Based on a painstaking examination of archaeological and epigraphic evidence relating to more than 1,000 cities, the volume offers comprehensive reconstructions of the urban systems of Roman Gaul, North Africa, Sicily, Greece and Asia Minor.

150 139 BCE) 10 3 The City of Rome: Scene of Politics and Growing Metropolis 25 4 The Struggle for Reform (150 104 BCE) 48 5 The Spiral of Violence (104 80 BCE) 68 6 Italy and the Reinvention of Rome (150 50 BCE) 90 7 Rome between Republic and Empire: The Stuck Elephant (80 60 BCE) 108 8 Rival Leaders and the Search for Power Bases (66 50 BCE ...

The Terrestrial Sphere of Crates of Mallus (c. 150 BCE), showing the region of the antipodes in the southern half of the western hemisphere and the torrid zone. Crates of Mallus ( Ancient Greek : Κράτης ὁ Μαλλώτης , Krátēs ho Mallṓtēs ; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Greek grammarian and Stoic philosopher , leader of the ...

This book examines the transition of Rome from a world power to a world state between 150 BCE and 20 CE, highlighting the evolution of its political structures, the role of the Senate and the Roman People, and the increasing concentration of power in individual leaders.

This map shows the gradual expansion of the Roman Empire around the Mediterranean between the years 100 BCE and 150 CE. Red areas indicate Roman control in 100 BCE; yellow areas indicate the extent of the empire at the time of Julius Caesar 's death in 44 BCE; green areas indicate areas annexed by Augustus (27-14 BCE); and blue areas indicate ...

2019年9月6日 · In this book, Josiah Osgood offers a survey of Roman history from approximately the destruction of Carthage to the death of Germanicus, with a focus on developments that impacted Rome’s growth into a world state in the century preceding the rule of Augustus.