110s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	140s BC 130s BC 120s BC – 110s BC – 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC
Years:	119 BC 118 BC 117 BC 116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC 110 BC
110s BC-related categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments

Events

Contents: 119 BC 118 BC 117 BC 116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC 110 BC

119 BC

By place

Greece

• Hipparchus replaces Eumachus as Archon of Athens.

Roman Republic

• The second Dalmatian war begins.

Asia

• January–June – the Han Chinese army under the commanders Wei Qing (d. 106 BC) and Huo Qubing (140 BC–117 BC) are victorious over the Xiongnu in the Battle of Mobei, taken place in the Orkhon Valley of the Gobi Desert, modern Mongolia.
• Government monopolies are established in iron, salt, liquor in Ancient China.

118 BC

By place

Roman Republic

• The Roman colony of Narbo Martius is founded in Gallia Transalpina.
• The second Dalmatian war ends with victory for Rome and L. Caecilius Metellus assumes the surname Delmaticus

Numidia

• Micipsa dies and Numidia, following the king's wish, is divided into three parts, a third each ruled by Micipsa's own sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal I, and the king's adopted son, Jugurtha.

117 BC

116 BC

By place

Egypt

• June 26 – At the death of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Cleopatra III has chosen her younger son Ptolemy X Alexander as co-regent, but the Alexandrians forced her to bring Ptolemy IX from Cyprus, of which he is governor.
• Ptolemy IX Philometor Soter II Lathyros becomes king of Egypt and claims the throne.

115 BC

By place

Middle East

• Parthia makes a trade treaty with China.
• The Kingdom of Sheba collapses.

Roman Republic

• Gaius Marius is praetor in Rome, he defeats tribes in modern-day Spain.
• Marcus Aemilius Scaurus defeats the Carni Celtic tribes of Northern Italy, leading to their submission to Roman rule.

114 BC

By place

Roman Republic

• The first temple of Venus is built.

Asia Minor

• Mithridates VI Eupator becomes king of Bosporus.

113 BC

By place

Roman Republic

• The Cimbri and Teutones cross the Danube and enter the lands of the Celtic tribe, the Taurisci. The latter appeal to Rome for assistance and the Senate sends an army under Gnaeus Papirius Garbo to drive the Germans back. The Romans attack the retreating columns as they pass the town of Noreia, but the Roman army is defeated in an ambush.
• Germanic tribes attack Gaul and northern Spain.
• War between the Celtiberians and the Romans.

Syria

• Antiochus IX Cyzicenus becomes king of Seleucid Persia.

By topic

Art

• Incense burner, from the tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan in Mancheng, Hebei, is made. Han dynasty. It is now kept at Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang.

112 BC

By place

Roman Republic

• Jugurtha declares war against the Roman Republic (ends 105 BC).

Asia

• Asian Silk Road opens.
• Soldiers are dispatched from Han Dynasty China to Nanyue for the Han–Nanyue War during the dynasty's southward expansion.

111 BC

By place

Roman Republic

• The city of Rome is devastated by fire.
• Jugurtha, king of Numidia, bribes the commander Lucius Calpurnius Bestia and Roman friends to secure easy terms. He is given a safe conduct to Rome in order to account for his actions in the Roman Senate. Jugurtha contemptuously bribes his way through all difficulties.

Asia

• The Han Empire annexes the Kingdom of Nanyue, and thereby extends its territory to modern-day North Vietnam.
• The remaining territory of Minyue, known as Dongyue, is annexed by the Han Dynasty during its expansion southward.
• During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Guilin is named Shi An Prefecture.
• Jiuquan in China is founded as a military outpost on the Silk Road to Central Asia.

110 BC

By place

Roman Republic

• Jugurtha king of Numidia defeats a Roman army under Aulus Postumius Albinus.

Asia

• Han Dynasty of China annexes Minyue.

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