147 BC
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. 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.
- In Lusitania, Hispania, the Celtic king Viriathus, rallies Lusitanian resistance to Rome.
Syria
- Demetrius II of Syria returns to Syria.
- Jonathan Maccabaeus conquers Joppa.
Deaths
- Bo, Chinese empress of the Western Han Dynasty