130s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	160s BC 150s BC 140s BC – 130s BC – 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC
Years:	139 BC 138 BC 137 BC 136 BC 135 BC 134 BC 133 BC 132 BC 131 BC 130 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Contents 1 Events and trends 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

Events and trends

• 139 BC. The Lusitanian War, which began in 155 BC, ended. ^[1]
• 135 BC Led by Eunus, a rebellion of Roman slaves broke out on the island of Sicily. The Roman praetor of Sicily, Cornelius Lentulus, was defeated at Enna, and the praetorian commander, Lucius Plautius Hypsaeus, was defeated by Eunus and Kleon. ^[2]
• 134 BC* The Greek astronomer Hipparchus (190-120) discovered the precession of the equinoxes and started a star catalogue. ^[3]
• 134 BC Roman consul Gaius Fulvius Flaccus was sent to Sicily to suppress the slave rebellion and to replace Titus Manilius. ^[2]
• 133 BC In Sicily, the praetor Marcus Perpena and consular commander Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi began the siege of Enna. ^[2]
• 133 BC A rebellion, led by Aristonicus, broke out at Pergamum in Asia Minor. ^[2]
• 133 BC Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was elected tribune in Rome, but was assassinated later in the year after attempting an agrarian reform program. ^[2]
• 132 BC Roman consul Publius Rupilius was sent to Sicily to conclude the suppression of the rebellion in Sicily. ^[2]
• 130 BC Roman consul Marcus Perperna crushed the uprising in Asia Minor that had been led by Aristonicus. ^[2]

Births

• 138 BC Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman politician, dictator 82-79 BC (d. 78 BC) ^[4]
• 133 BC *Mithridates VI, King of Pontus^[5][6][7][8]

Deaths

• 137 BC King Dutugemunu of Sri Lanka^[9][10]
• 135 BC Simon Maccabaeus, of Judea^[11]
• 133 BC Attalus III, king of Pergamon, leaving the kingdom to Rome^{[12][13][14][15]}

References