150s

The 150s decade ran from January 1, 150, to December 31, 159.

150

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By place

Roman Empire

• The Roman town Forum Hadriani (Voorburg) receives the title of Municipium Aelium Cananefatium, "the town of the Cananefates" (modern Netherlands). The town is awarded with rights to organize markets.
• The Germans of the east move south, into the Carpathians and Black Sea area.
• The Albani appear in the Roman province of Macedonia, specifically in Epirus.

Asia

• First and only year of Heping^{[clarification needed]} of the Chinese Han dynasty.

Americas

• The Middle Culture period of Mayan civilization ends (approximate date).
• The Great Pyramid of the Sun is constructed in Teotihuacan. It is the tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.

By topic

Religion

• Marcion of Sinope produces his Bible canon, consisting of purged versions of the Gospel of Luke and ten Pauline letters (approximate date).

Art and science

• The earliest atlas (Ptolemy's Geography) is made (approximate date).
• This is also the approximate date of completion of Ptolemy's monumental work Almagest. The geocentric cosmology contained in it holds sway for 1,400 years.
• Antoninus Liberalis writes a work on mythology (Μεταμορφωσεων Συναγωγη) (approximate date).
• Paper, made in China, arrives in Transoxiana.

Significant people

• Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor (138–161)

Births

Transcluding articles: AD 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159

150

• March 7 – Lucilla, Roman empress (d. 182)
• Cassius Dio, Roman historian (approximate year)^[5]
• Clement of Alexandria, Greek theologian (d. 215)
• Gongsun Du, Chinese general and warlord (d. 204)
• Lucius Fabius Cilo, Roman politician (approximate date)
• Monoimus, Arab gnostic and writer (approximate date)
• Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana "Great Vehicle" (d. c. 250)
• Xu Shao, Chinese official of the Han dynasty (d. 195)
• Yufuluo, Chanyu of the southern Xiongnu (d. 196)
• Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician (d. 219)

151

• Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
• Zhong Yao, Chinese official and calligrapher (d. 230)

152

• Bao Xin, Chinese general and warlord (d. 192)

153

• Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus
• Kong Rong, Chinese official and warlord (d. 208)
• Zhang Hong, Chinese official and politician (d. 212)

154

• July 11 – Bardaisan, Syriac gnostic (d. 222)

155

• Cao Cao, Chinese statesman and warlord (d. 220)^[6]
• Dio Cassius, Roman historian (d. c. 235)^[7]
• Tertullian, Roman Christian theologian (d. c. 240)
• Sun Jian, Chinese general and warlord (d. 191)^[8]

156

• Dong Zhao, Chinese official and minister (d. 236)
• Ling of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 189)
• Pontianus of Spoleto, Christian martyr and saint (d. 175)
• Zhang Zhao, Chinese general and politician (d. 236)^[9]
• Zhu Zhi, Chinese general and politician (d. 224)

157

• Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)
• Hua Xin, Chinese official and minister (d. 232)^[10]
• Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (d. 198)
• Xun You, Chinese official and statesman (d. 214)

158

• Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237)

159

• December 30 – Lady Bian, wife of Cao Cao (d. 230)^[11]
• Annia Aurelia Fadilla, daughter of Marcus Aurelius
• Gordian I, Roman emperor (d. 238)^[12]
• Lu Zhi, Chinese general (d. 192)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: AD 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, and 159

150

• Aspasius, Greek philosopher and writer (approximate date)
• Aśvaghoṣa, Indian philosopher and poet (approximate date)^[13]
• Liang Na, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (b. 116)^[14]

151

• Kanishka, Indian ruler of the Kushan Empire
• Novatus, Christian saint (approximate date)^{[15][16][17][18]}

152

• January 14 – Markianos, patriarch of Alexandria
• Yan Ming, Chinese empress of the Han Dynasty

153

• Tiberius Julius Rhoemetalces, Roman client king^[19]

154

• Euzois, bishop of Byzantium
• Ilseong, Korean ruler of Silla^[1]
• Pius I, pope of Rome (approximate date)

155

• Pius I, Roman bishop^[20]
• Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (b. AD 65)^[21]

156

• Marcus Gavius Maximus, Roman praetorian prefect
• Zhang Daoling, Chinese Taoist master (b. AD 34)

158

• Wang Yi, Chinese librarian and poet (b. AD 89)

159

• Liang Ji, Chinese general and regent^[22]
• Liang Nüying, Chinese empress^[23]