146 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	170s BC  160s BC  150s BC  – 140s BC –  130s BC  120s BC  110s BC
Years:	149 BC 148 BC 147 BC – 146 BC – 145 BC 144 BC 143 BC

The year 146 BCE was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Achaicus (or, less often, year 608 Ab urbe condita).

Events

• Roman forces under the command of Scipio Aemilianus defeat Carthage. The city is destroyed by order of the Roman Senate. This ends the Third Punic War.