131 BC

February 2011 -131 131 __NOTOC__ Year 131 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Mucianus and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 623 Ab urbe condita) and the Fourth Year of Yuanguang. The denomination 131 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 During Aristonicus of Pergamon uprising against Rome, the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius is killed in the fighting.Errington R. M. Robert Malcolm Errington 2012 Aristonicus https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-765 The Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford University Press 22 December 2025 4th 9780191735257 The Roman censor Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus attempts to remove the tribune Gaius Atinius Labeo Macerio from the Senate, the angry Atinius drags him to be thrown off the Tarpeian Rock, and Metellus is only saved by the intervention of other senators.December 2025 For the first time in Roman history, both censors are plebeians (Metellus and Quintus Pompeius). Egypt Capture of Thebes: Egyptian rebel Harsiesi seized Thebes in the summer of 131 BC, proclaimed pharaoh, for a short period of time. Deaths Vasujyeshtha – Shunga Emperor Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianus – Roman consul and commander Scipio Nasica Serapio – Roman statesman131 B.C. - events and references https://www.attalus.org/bc2/year131.html 2026-05-16 www.attalus.org Births Mithridates VI Eupator – king of Pontus (c.120-63 BC) References