130 BC
year
Year 130 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus/Pulcher and Perperna (or, less frequently, year 624 Ab urbe condita) and the Fifth Year of Yuanguang. The denomination 130 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
Consul Marcus Perperna defeats Aristonicus in battle, besieges him at Stratonicea, dies at Pergamon.
Roman census carried out by Quintus Pompeius and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus.
The tribune Gaius Papirius Carbo passes a measure allowing the use of secret ballots in legislative assemblies.
Egypt
King Ptolemy VIII murders Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator or Ptolemy Memphites, the puppet ruler of Cleopatra II.
China
Concubine Wei Zifu gives birth to Liu Ju, the future Crown Prince.
Births
Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Roman consul (approximate date)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Roman consul and general (d. 63 BC) (approximate date)
Deaths
Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman consul
Ariarathes V, king of Cappadocia
Marcus Perperna, Roman consul
Pacuvius, Roman tragic poet (b. c.
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