110s BC

This article concerns the period 119 BC – 110 BC.

119 BC

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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.

Births

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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

• Spartacus, Roman slave and rebel leader (d. 71 BC, presumably)

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)

Deaths

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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

• Adherbal, king of Numidia
• Cleopatra IV, queen of Egypt
• Zhao Xing, ruler of Nanyue

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

1. Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. Algora. pp. 164–168. ISBN 978-1628944167.
2. Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing.
3. Duncan, Mike (2017). The Storm before the Storm, p. 103. New York: Public Affairs. ISBN 978-1-5417-2403-7.
4. Fields, Nic (2023). Osprey: CAM - 393: The Cimbrian War 113–101 BC - The Rise of Caius Marius, pp. 47–48. ISBN 978-1-4728-5491-9.
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15. "Marcus Terentius Varro". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
16. Wolf, Thomas (2019). The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz. Pegasus Books. p. 440. ISBN 978-1-64313-162-7.