- 151 BC
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Carthage
* The Carthaginian debt to Rome is fully repaid, meaning that, according to Carthage, the treaty with Rome, which was put in place at the end of the
Second Punic War , is no longer in force. The Romans do not agree with this interpretation. Instead they view the treaty as a permanent declaration of Carthaginian subordination to Rome.
*Numidia launches another border raid on Carthaginian soil, besieging a town. In response Carthage launches a large military expedition (25,000 soldiers) to repel the Numidian invaders.Roman Republic
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Polybius ' request,Scipio Aemilianus manages to gain the support of the Roman statesmanCato the Elder (whose son has married Scipio's sisterAemilia ) for a proposal to release (and return to Greece) the 300Achaea n internees who are still being held without trial after being deported toRome in167 BC .
* Roman forces help the thriving Greek commercial port ofMassilia combat raids from the from theCelt s fromCisalpine Gaul .
* Roman armies under the leadership ofpraetor Servius Sulpicius Galba and the proconsulLucius Licinius Lucullus arrive inHispania Ulterior and begin the process of subduing the local population. The revolt of theCeltiberians ofNumantia is stopped.India
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Agnimitra succeeds his fatherPusyamitra Sunga as emperor of theSunga dynasty .Births
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Pusyamitra Sunga ,India n emperor and founder of the IndianSunga dynasty , who has reigned since185 BC
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