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113 BCE

The state of Nanyue, a vassal of the Han dynasty, agrees to submit to Han laws and receives envoys to oversee the succession of the young king Zhao Xing. An incense burner, later found in the tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan in Mancheng, Hebei, is made during the Han dynasty. It is now kept at Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang. Cirta is besieged by Jugurtha.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • The state of Nanyue, a vassal of the Han dynasty, agrees to submit to Han laws and receives envoys to oversee the succession of the young king Zhao Xing.source

Conflict & Security

  • Celtiberians lead a war against the Romans.source
  • Antiochus IX Cyzicenus becomes king of the Seleucid Empire.source
  • Germanic tribes attack Gaul and northern Iberia.source
  • Cirta is besieged by Jugurtha.source

Culture & Society

  • An incense burner, later found in the tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan in Mancheng, Hebei, is made during the Han dynasty. It is now kept at Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang.source

Deaths

  • Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Roman consul and general (b. 180 BC)source
  • Zhang Qian, Chinese explorer, official and diplomat (b. 164 BC)source
  • Liu Sheng, Chinese prince of the Han dynastysource