View source for 147 BC

=== By place ===
====Ireland====
*[[Corlea Trackway]] completed.

==== Roman Republic ====
* Despite being the five years below the minimum age required, [[Scipio Aemilianus]] is elected [[Consul]] under popular pressure.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Abrecht |first=Ryan R. |date=2010 |title=Scipio Aemilianus |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195170726.001.0001/acref-9780195170726-e-1134 |encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=27 December 2025 |isbn=9780195388398}}</ref>
* In [[Lusitania]], [[Hispania]], the [[Celts|Celtic]] king [[Viriathus]], rallies Lusitanian resistance to [[Rome]].

==== Syria ====
* [[Demetrius II of Syria]] returns to [[Syria]] (approximate date).
* [[Jonathan Maccabaeus]] conquers [[Jaffa, Israel|Joppa]].