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Year '''152 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Flaccus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 602 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 152 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Seleucid Empire ====
* The [[pretender]] to the [[Seleucid]] throne, [[Alexander Balas]], makes contact with [[Jonathan Maccabeus]] offering him terms even more favorable than those offered by the king [[Demetrius I Soter]]. In particular, Alexander offers him the official appointment as High Priest in [[Jerusalem]]. In response, Jonathan withdraws his support from Demetrius and declares his allegiance to Alexander. Thus Jonathan becomes the first member of his family to achieve appointment as High Priest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JONATHAN MACCABEUS - JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8773-jonathan-maccabeus |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref>
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== Deaths ==
* [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 187 BC)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] statesman, [[Roman consul|consul]], [[Pontifex Maximus]] and [[Roman censor|censor]]; as a [[praetor]], he has been [[Roman governor|governor]] of [[Sicily]] in [[191 BC]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marcus Aemilius Lepidus {{!}} Triumvir, Pontifex Maximus, Consul {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcus-Aemilius-Lepidus-Roman-statesman-died-152-BCE |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus]], [[Roman Republic|Roman]] [[jurist]], son of [[Cato the Elder]] by his first wife, Licinia.
* [[Zhang Cang]], Chinese scholar, general and prime-minister (b. [[253 BC]]).

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