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100 BCE

Han-Xiongnu War: the Han general Zhao Ponu escapes Xiongnu custody and returns to China. Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, a tribune, passes a law to redistribute land to military veterans. The law requires that all senators swear to abide by it. Quintus Caecilus Metellus Numidicus refuses and is exiled. He goes to Rhodes to study philosophy. Gandhara and Punjab are ruled by the Indo-Greek king Demetrius III Aniketos.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Tigranes II of Armenia is placed on the Armenian throne by the Parthians in exchange for the cession of "seventy valley" (approximate date).source
  • Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, a tribune, passes a law to redistribute land to military veterans. The law requires that all senators swear to abide by it. Quintus Caecilus Metellus Numidicus refuses and is exiled. He goes to Rhodes to study philosophy.source
  • Gandhara and Punjab are ruled by the Indo-Greek king Demetrius III Aniketos.source

Conflict & Security

  • Han-Xiongnu War: the Han general Zhao Ponu escapes Xiongnu custody and returns to China.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • War of the Heavenly Horses: the Han expedition under Li Guangli returns victorious to China. He is followed by dynastic representatives sent by various Central Asian kings, so that they may pay tribute to Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu keeps these representatives as hostages and sends soldiers to build pavilions and reclaim wasteland along the route to the west to provide food and shelter for Han envoys.source
  • Olmec III period ends in Southeastern Mexico.source

Religion & Belief

  • The deuterocanonical books of 1 and 2 Maccabees are written.source
  • Consuls: Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Gaius Marius (Marius's sixth consulship).source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The building of the Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy, is begun. The model of it is now kept at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Italy (approximate date).source

Crime & Justice

  • Mural room in the Maya pyramid at San Bartolo, Guatemala, painted.source

Culture & Society

  • Manius Aquillius celebrates an ovation for victories in the Second Servile War.source

Births

  • Julius Caesar, Roman general and politician (d. 44 BC)source
  • Titus Labienus, Caesar's chief lieutenant in the conquest of Gaul (d. 45 BC)source

Deaths

  • Theodosius of Bithynia, Greek astronomer and mathematician (b. c. 169 BC)source
  • Cornelia, mother of Tiberius Gracchus (b. c. 190 BC)source
  • Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, Roman politiciansource
  • Gaius Memmius, Roman politiciansource
  • Gaius Servilius Glaucia, Roman politiciansource