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This article concerns the period 139 BC – 130 BC.
Births
138 BC
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and statesman (d. 78 BC)[1]
- Phaedrus the Epicurean, Greek scholar and philosopher
135 BC
- Mithridates VI, king of Pontus (d. 63 BC)[2][3][4][5]
- Pompeius Strabo, Roman consul and father of Pompeius Magnus (d. 87 BC)
- Posidonius of Apamea, Greek Stoic philosopher and scientist (d. 51 BC)
- Sima Qian, Chinese historian of the Han dynasty (approximate date)
134 BC
- Jin Midi, Chinese politician and co-regent (d. 86 BC)
- Posidonius of Apamea, Stoic philosopher and polymath (d. 51 BC)
- Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Roman statesman (d. 44 BC)
130 BC
- Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Roman consul (approximate date)
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Roman consul and general (d. 63 BC) (approximate date)
Deaths
139 BC
- Viriathus, Lusitanian leader (assassinated)
138 BC
- Attalus II Philadelphus, king of Pergamon (b. 220 BC)[6]
- Diodotus Tryphon, king of the Seleucid Empire
- Mithridates I, king of Parthia (b. c. 195 BC)
137 BC
135 BC
- Menander I, king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom
- Simon Maccabaeus, prince of Judea and High Priest of Judea[9]
134 BC
- Simon Thassi, High Priest of Judaea (r. 142-134 BC)
133 BC
- Attalus III, king of Pergamon. In his will, he makes the people of Rome his heirs (b. 170 BC)[10][11][12]
- Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Roman tribune (assassination) (b. 168 BC)
132 BC
- Eunus, leader of the Slave Revolt (136–132 BC) in Sicily
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio, Roman consul
130 BC
- Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman consul
- Ariarathes V, king of Cappadocia
- Marcus Perperna, Roman consul
- Pacuvius, Roman tragic poet (b. c. 220 BC)
- Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Seleucid satrap
References
[edit]- ^ Marvin Perry et al., eds. Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics, and Society (Cengage Learning, 2008) p135
- ^ Mayor, Adrienne: "The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy" Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-691-12683-8
- ^ Duggan, Alfred: He Died Old: Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus, 1958
- ^ Ford, Michael Curtis: The Last King: Rome's Greatest Enemy, New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 2004, ISBN 0-312-27539-0
- ^ McGing, B.C.: The Foreign Policy of Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus (Mnemosyne, Supplements: 89), Leiden, Brill Academic Publishers, 1986, ISBN 90-04-07591-7 [paperback]
- ^ "Attalus II Philadelphus". Encyclopædia Britannica. February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Paranavitana, Senarat; Nicholas, Cyril Wace (1961). A Concise History of Ceylon. Colombo: Ceylon University Press. p. 59. OCLC 465385.
- ^ de Silva, C.R.: Sri Lanka - A History. 2nd edition, New Delhi 1997. ISBN 81-259-0461-1. p.29f.
- ^ Catholic Bible resources
- ^ Hansen, Esther V. (1971). The Attalids of Pergamon. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press; London: Cornell University Press Ltd. ISBN 0-8014-0615-3.
- ^ Kosmetatou, Elizabeth (2003) "The Attalids of Pergamon," in Andrew Erskine, ed., A Companion to the Hellenistic World. Oxford: Blackwell: pp. 159–174. ISBN 1-4051-3278-7. text
- ^ Simon Hornblower and Tony Spawforth, Who's Who (Classical World), pg. 61.
Bibliography
[edit]- Papazoglu, Fanula (1978). The Central Balkan Tribes in pre-Roman Times: Triballi, Autariatae, Dardanians, Scordisci and Moesians. Amsterdam: Hakkert.