137 BC

February 2011 -137 137 __NOTOC__ Year 137 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Porcina and Mancinus (or, less frequently, year 617 Ab urbe condita) and the Fourth Year of Jianyuan. The denomination 137 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 Tiberius Gracchus, quaestor in Spain, observes that slave labor has displaced small freeheld farms. Numantine War begins, Quintus Pompeius and M. Popilius Laenas are defeated and disgraced by the Numantians in subsequent years. Q. Pompeius is brought to trial by Q.Metellus and others, but acquitted. Births Deaths Dutugamunu King of Sri LankaParanavitana Senarat Nicholas, Cyril Wace A Concise History of Ceylon Ceylon University Press 1961 59 Colombo 465385 de Silva, C.R.: Sri Lanka - A History. 2nd edition, New Delhi 1997. 81-259-0461-1. p.29f. Zhao Tuo, Emperor Wu of Nanyue (b. 240 BC) References