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Year 129 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Tuditanus and Aquillius (or, less frequently, year 625 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 129 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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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.

    • Astronomy

  • Hipparchus publishes his catalog of stars.
  • Total solar eclipse, used by Hipparchus to estimate distance to the moon.

    • Deaths

  • Antiochus VII Sidetes (killed in battle)
  • Carneades, philosopher, and founder of Third Academy (b. c. 214 BC)
  • P. Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus (Africanus the Younger) (b. 185 BC)

    • References

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