104 BCE
Aristobulus I succeeds John Hyrcanus, becoming king and high priest of Judea, until 103 BC. Second Servile War: Athenion starts a slave rebellion in Segesta (Sicily). Rome enacts a state of emergency, as the way to Italy lays open to the Germanic invaders. Gaius Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, is elected consul for the second time. He celebrates his triumph over Jugurtha, who is led in the procession and thrown into the Tullianum where he dies of starvation.
Conflict & Security
- Second Servile War: Athenion starts a slave rebellion in Segesta (Sicily).source
- War of the Heavenly Horses: Emperor Wu of Han sends an army of 6000 cavalrymen and 10,000 convicts under Li Guangli to attack Dayuan in modern Kyrgyzstan after Wugua, the king of Dayuan, refuses to send the Han any of the prized horses of Dayuan and, following a contentious meeting with the Han diplomats, has a vassal king kill the diplomats and seize their goods. The Han expeditionary force proceeds with difficulty, marching through arid regions and facing hostile cities.source
Religion & Belief
- Aristobulus I succeeds John Hyrcanus, becoming king and high priest of Judea, until 103 BC.source
Births
- Servilia, mistress of Julius Caesarsource
Deaths
- Dong Zhongshu, Chinese scholar who promoted Confucianism at the central court of the Han dynasty (b. 179 BC)source
- John Hyrcanus, prince and high priest of Judea (b. 164 BC)source
- Rome enacts a state of emergency, as the way to Italy lays open to the Germanic invaders. Gaius Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, is elected consul for the second time. He celebrates his triumph over Jugurtha, who is led in the procession and thrown into the Tullianum where he dies of starvation.source
- Jugurtha, king of Numidia (execution by Rome) (b. c. 160 BC)source
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman consul and generalsource