105 BC

February 2011 -105 105 __NOTOC__ Year 105 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rufus and Maximus (or, less frequently, year 649 Ab urbe condita) and the Sixth Year of Yuanfeng. The denomination 105 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 January 1October 2 in the Julian calendar. – Gnaeus Mallius Maximus and Publius Rutilius Rufus become Roman consuls.Clément François L'Art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques, des inscriptions, des chroniques et autres anciens monumens, avant l'ère chrétienne. https://books.google.com/books?id=jaJPmFkQAiYC&pg=PA737 1820 Moreau 737 fr October 6 – The Battle of Arausio, where the Cimbri destroy two Roman armies on the Rhône, is the most severe defeat of Roman forces since the Battle of Cannae. Gaius Marius, together with the consul Publius Rutilius Rufus, initiates sweeping reforms of the Roman army. Lucius Cornelius Sulla secures the capture of Jugurtha. His success is made possible by the treachery of Bocchus I, king of Mauretania, and this ends the Jugurthine War (which began in 112 BC). At Rome, the first official gladiator match is demonstrated by gladiators from Capua, as part of a training program for the military. Asia The Han dynasty forms an alliance with the Wusun by marrying a Han princess to their king.Hing Ming Hung The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty 2020 978-1628944167 195–196 Wuwei Chanyu of the Xiongnu dies and is succeeded by his youthful son Er Chanyu. That winter heavy snowstorms lead to the deaths of many livestock, and there is discontent with the new ruler, who is regarded as belligerent.Hing Ming Hung The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty 2020 978-1628944167 206 Births Decimus Laberius, Roman nobleman and Latin writer (d. 43 BC) Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman politician and general Marcus Atius Balbus, Roman praetor and governor (d. 51 BC) Deaths Marcus Aurelius Scaurus, Roman politician and general, executed as a prisoner of war in the advent of the Battle of Arausio References note