178 BC

Year 178 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Brutus and Vulso (or, less frequently, year 576 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 178 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC
Years:	181 BC 180 BC 179 BC 178 BC 177 BC 176 BC 175 BC

178 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	178 BC CLXXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	576
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 146
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VI Philometor, 3
Ancient Greek era	150th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4573
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−770
Berber calendar	773
Buddhist calendar	367
Burmese calendar	−815
Byzantine calendar	5331–5332
Chinese calendar	壬戌年 (Water Dog) 2520 or 2313     — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2521 or 2314
Coptic calendar	−461 – −460
Discordian calendar	989
Ethiopian calendar	−185 – −184
Hebrew calendar	3583–3584
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−121 – −120
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2923–2924
Holocene calendar	9823
Iranian calendar	799 BP – 798 BP
Islamic calendar	824 BH – 823 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2156
Minguo calendar	2089 before ROC 民前2089年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1645
Seleucid era	134/135 AG
Thai solar calendar	365–366
Tibetan calendar	阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) −51 or −432 or −1204     — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) −50 or −431 or −1203

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• In Rome, the praetor Lucius Postumius Albinus celebrates a triumph after conquering the Vaccaei and Lusitani during his time as Roman commander in the province of Hispania Ulterior.

Greece

• One of Perseus' first acts on becoming king of Macedonia is to renew the treaty between Macedonia and Rome. In the meantime, Perseus builds up the Macedonian army and puts out feelers for creating an alliance with the Greek leagues, with his northern barbarian neighbours, and also with the Seleucid king Seleucus IV.

Deaths

• Chen Ping, Chinese official and chancellor of the Western Han dynasty
• Fu Sheng (Master Fu), Chinese Confucian scholar and writer (b. 268 BC)
• Liu Jiao, Chinese prince and younger brother of Emperor Gaozu of Han