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This article concerns the period 119 BC – 110 BC.
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119 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- The second Dalmatian war begins.
China
- Spring: Han Chinese forces under the General-in-Chief Wei Qing and the cavalry general Huo Qubing invade the Xiongnu Empire.
- Battle of Mobei: Wei Qing crosses the Gobi Desert, defeats Yizhixie Chanyu and kills or captures 19,000 Xiongnu.
- Huo Qubing crosses the eastern Gobi, defeats and executes Bijuqi, defeats the Tuqi (Worthy Prince) of the Left (East), and captures three kings. He reaches as far as Lake Baikal.
- Failing to reconnoiter with Wei Qing's army, general Li Guang commits suicide after learning that Wei has prepared charges against him.
- Emperor Wu creates the rank of Grand Marshal and gives it to both Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, thereby making Huo's rank and salary equal to that of Wei.
- Emperor Wu suspends further campaigning against the Xiongnu due to a shortage of horses.[1][2]
- Government monopolies are established in iron, salt and liquor.
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Births
118 BC
- Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Roman consul (d. 56 BC)
117 BC
- Ptolemy XII Auletes, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (d. 51 BC)
116 BC
- Marcus Terentius Varro (aka "Varro"), Roman scholar and writer (d. 27 BC)[15]
115 BC
- Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and consul (d. 53 BC)
114 BC
- Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, Roman grammarian and writer
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman consul (d. 63 BC)
- Quintus Hortensius, Roman consul and orator (d. 50 BC)
111 BC
110 BC
- Asander, king of the Bosporan Kingdom (d. 17 BC)
- Hillel the Elder, Jewish religious leader (approximate date) (d. AD 10)[16]
- Marcus Petreius, Roman general and politician (d. 46 BC)
- Titus Pomponius Atticus, Roman banker (d. 32 BC)
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Deaths
119 BC
- Di Shan, Chinese politician of the Han dynasty
- Li Guang, Chinese general of the Han dynasty
118 BC
- Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman consul and orator
- Micipsa, king of Numidia (approximate date)
117 BC
- Huo Qubing, Chinese general of the Han dynasty (b. 140 BC)
- Sima Xiangru, Chinese statesman, poet, and musician (b. 179 BC)
116 BC
- June 26 – Ptolemy VIII Physcon, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (b. c. 182 BC)
- Cleopatra II, queen of Egypt (b. c. 185 BC)
- Zhang Tang, Chinese official and politician
115 BC
- Publius Mucius Scaevola, Roman consul and jurist
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Roman consul (b. c. 210 BC)
114 BC
- Zhang Qian, Chinese explorer and diplomat (b. 195 BC)
113 BC
- Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Roman consul and general (b. 180 BC)
- Liu Sheng, Chinese prince of the Han dynasty
- Zhang Qian, Chinese explorer, official and diplomat (b. 164 BC)
112 BC
111 BC
- Tryphaena, queen consort of the Seleucid Empire
- Zhao Jiande, last king of Nanyue (or Nam Viet)
110 BC
- Sima Tan, Chinese astrologist and historian
References
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