146 BC

Calendar year

Year 146 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Achaicus (or, less frequently, year 608 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 146 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

Roman Republic

• Roman armies destroy Carthage and Corinth.^[1]

Africa

• Spring – Carthage falls to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus and the city is completely destroyed. End of the Third Punic War.

Greece

• Achaean War: The Romans conquer the Achaean League and southern Greece becomes a Roman province.

• Battle of Scarpheia: The Romans led by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus defeat an Achaean League force under Critolaus
• Battle of Corinth: The Romans under Lucius Mummius defeat the Achaean League near Corinth. Corinth is destroyed, and the Achaean League dissolved.

By topic

Astronomy

• Hipparchus determines the equinoctial point.

Births

Deaths

• Critolaus, general of the Achaean League
• Gentius, the last king of Illyria (approximate date)

References

1. Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-8018-3574-7.