121 BC er

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II century BC. er - I century BC. er - I century

Chronological table

Events

The Killing of Guy Gracchus

Consuls : Lucius Opimius ^[1] ( plebeian ) and Quintus Fabius Maxim Allobrogik ( patrician ); Praetors : Guy Atenius Labeon Matzerion , Guy Scribonius Curio , Quintus Marcius Rex and Marc Portia Cato ; plebeian rostrum : Mark Minuziy Ruf and Meviy .
Riots in Rome. Supporters of Guy Gracchus strengthened on Aventine. Consul Opimius uses troops, kills up to 3,000 people. Guy Gracchus and Mark Fulvius Flaccus slain.
Gneya Domitius Ahenobarb proconsul of the Transalpine Gaul. Together with the consul Fabius Maximus, at the request of the allies of Rome Edui, he opposes the Celtic tribes of allobrogi and arvernos . The Roman army defeats them. The Romans seize Southern Gaul (Narbonne) , inhabited by allobrog, and turn it into a province. Establishment of the Roman protectorate over Massilia .
The town of Nemause was founded in Roman Gaul.

King Ponta Mithridates V Everget poisoned in Sinop as a result of a conspiracy. His sons Mithridates VI and Mithridates Khrest are proclaimed kings and co-rulers, their mother Laodike becomes the regent with them.
Cleopatra Thea is trying to poison the son of Antioch , but he forces her to drink a cup of poison.
Harakena again recognizes his dependence on Parthia.

The first caravan of silk goes to the Fergana oasis. The beginning of the Great Silk Road .
Ho Qu-Bina's campaign in Gansu (Alashan) against the Huns.
Another Chinese army defeated near Beijing .
On the lands fought off by the Huns, the Wuwei region was formed .