118 BC

December 2025 February 2011 -118 118 __NOTOC__ Year 118 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cato and Rex (or, less frequently, year 636 Ab urbe condita) and the Fifth Year of Yuanshou. The denomination 118 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 The Roman colony of Narbo Martius is founded in Gallia Transalpina.Drinkwater John John F. Drinkwater 2012 Narbo https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-4332 The Oxford Classical Dictionary Oxford University Press 21 December 2025 4th 9780191735257Everett-Heath John John Everett-Heath Narbonne https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191905636.001.0001/acref-9780191905636-e-5124 Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names Oxford University Press 21 December 2025 6th 9780191905636 The Second Dalmatian War ends with victory for Rome. Lucius Caecilius Metellus assumes the surname Delmaticus. Numidia Micipsa dies and Numidia, following the king's wish, is divided into three parts, a third each ruled by Micipsa's own sons, Adherbal and Hiempsal I, and the king's adopted son, Jugurtha. China Emperor Wu of Han secretly executes his favourite necromancer Shao Weng for fraud. Births Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Roman consul (d. 56 BC) Deaths Marcus Porcius Cato, Roman consul and orator Micipsa, king of Numidia (approximate date) References