120s BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
| Centuries: | 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC |
| Decades: | 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC – 120s BC – 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC |
| Years: | 129 BC 128 BC 127 BC 126 BC 125 BC 124 BC 123 BC 122 BC 121 BC 120 BC |
| 120s BC-related categories: |
Births – Deaths Establishments |
Events
Contents: 129 BC 128 BC 127 BC 126 BC 125 BC 124 BC 123 BC 122 BC 121 BC 120 BC
129 BC
By place
The Empire of Rome
- The Kingdom of Pergamon becomes the Roman Province of Asia upon the defeat of Eumenes III, pretender to the Attalid throne, by M. Perperna.
- C. Sempronius Tuditanus celebrates his triumph over the Iapydes of Illyria.
- Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage is assassinated by his enemies in Rome.
Syria
- Battle of Ecbatana: The Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes is defeated and killed by the Parthians under Phraates II, ending Seleucid control over Media or Mesopotamia.
- Having been freed by the Parthians, Demetrius II of Syria recovers the throne of the Seleucid Empire.
Asia
- Emperor Han Wudi of China of the Han dynasty launches his first offensive into the northern steppe.
By topic
Astronomy
- Hipparchus publishes his catalog of stars.
- Total solar eclipse, used by Hipparchus to estimate distance to the moon.
128 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- Cn. Octavius and T. Annius Rufus are this year's consuls
Bactria
- The Greco-Bactrian kingdom is overrun by the Tokhari.
Parthia
- Artabanus II becomes King of Parthia (approximate date)
By topic
Arts and sciences
- Limenius composes the Second Delphic Hymn.
127 BC
By place
Parthia
126 BC
By place
Syria
- Tyre successfully revolts from the Seleucid Empire.
- Seleucus V Philometor succeeds his father Demetrius II as king of the Seleucid Empire. Due to his youth, his stepmother Cleopatra Thea acts as regent.
125 BC
By place
Syria
- Cleopatra Thea succeeds to the rule of the Seleucid Empire on the death of Seleucus V.[1] She appoints Antiochus VIII Grypus as co-ruler.
Roman Republic
- In Rome, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus proposes the extension of Roman citizenship to the northern Italians, but the Senate reacts by sending him off to deal with disturbances around Massilia. And in so doing commenced the conquest of Transalpine Gaul.
124 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- Fregellae's revolt against Rome begins in Latium. Later the city is captured and destroyed by the Romans.
Parthia
- Mithridates II succeeds Artabanus II as King of Parthia.
Egypt
- Cleopatra II of Egypt and her brother Ptolemy VIII of Egypt reconcile.
123 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- Gaius Gracchus elected Roman tribune for the first time. He waited until after his re-election the following year before pushing forward the various civil and agrarian reforms that his brother championed in 133 BC.
- Aix-en-Provence founded under the name of Aquae Sextiae by the Roman consul Sextius Calvinus.
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus conquers the Balearic Islands for Rome, for which he earns the cognomen "Balearicus." He settles 3,000 Roman and Iberian colonists on the islands and founds the cities of Palma and Pollentia.
122 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- Marcus Fulvius Flaccus and Gaius Gracchus become tribunes and propose a number of radical reforms in Rome.
- Gracchus passes a law requiring the state to provide weapons and equipment for the soldiers in the Roman army.
121 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- The Roman Senate passes the motion senatus consultum ultimum, which the consul Lucius Opimius interprets as giving him unlimited power to preserve the Republic. He gathers an armed force of Senators and their supporters to confront Gaius Gracchus. A pitched battle is fought inside Rome, resulting in the death of Gracchus and many of his followers.
- A tribunal is established in Rome that executes 3,000 followers of Gracchus.
- Consul Quintus Fabius Maximus, allied with the Aedui, defeated the Arverni and Allobroges in Transalpine Gaul, thus establishing the province for Rome.
- The finest vintage of Falernian wine, known as the Opimian vintage, was bottled from vines grown on Mt Falernus between Latium and Campania.
Asia
120 BC
By place
Europe
- The Teutons and the Cimbri migrate south and west to the Danube valley where they encounter the expanding Roman Republic (approximate date).
Deaths
- 129 BC
- Scipio Africanus the Younger, Roman conqueror (born 185 BC)
- Antiochus VII Sidetes, king of Syria
- 127 BC – Phraates II, king of Parthia
- 124 BC – Artabanus I, king of Parthia
- 121 BC – Gaius Gracchus, Roman tribune
References
- ↑ Salisbury, Joyce (2001). Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World. ABC-CLIO. p. 56.
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