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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Astronomy: Halley's Comet? (153 BC)
• Entertainment: Delphic Hymn to Apollo created (150 BC)
• Technology: Roman water clock created (159 BC)
• Deaths: Eumenes II king of Pergamum (159 BC), Roman dramatist Terence (159 BC)

Europe

• Britain: Metal coinage in use - frequent contact with mainland (150 BC)

Middle East

• Judaea: Judaea becomes independent principality under Syria (157 BC)
• Turkey: Death of Eumenes II as king of Pergamum