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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.
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.
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.
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.
Roman Republic
The first temple of Venus is built.
Asia Minor
Mithridates VI Eupator becomes king of Bosporus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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