147 BC
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source147 BC was a year in the second century BC.
Events
By place
Rome
- Scipio Aemilianus takes command in the Battle of Carthage.
Syria
- Demetrius II of Syria returns to Syria. (approximate)
- Jonathan Maccabaeus conquers Joppa.
Births
- Lokaksema, a Buddhist monk from Gandhara (modern Pakistan/Afghanistan), Yuezhi in ethnicity, the first to translate Mahayana scriptures into the Chinese language during the Han Dynasty.
Deaths
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