130 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Pig辛亥( at the beginning of the year metal dog庚戌)
Syria: 182/183 ( year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Samos II, after the death of his father Ptolemy king of Commagene.
- About 130 BC: In Assyria proper names are replaced by numbers combinations.
- 130 BC: The island of Kos is part of the Roman Empire.
Science and Culture
- 130 BC: The Greek historian Antipater of Sidon draw up a list of the seven wonders of the world.
Born
- About 130 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, Roman politician ( † 87 BC)
- About 130 BC: Iulia, wife of Roman politician Gaius Marius, aunt of Gaius Julius Caesar († 68/69 BC)
- About 130 BC: Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Roman politician ( † 84 BC)
- About 130 BC: Divico, leader of the tribe of the Helvetic part Tigurini ( † after 58 BC)
- About 130 BC: Meleager of Gadara, Greek author († 60 BC)
Died
- Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, a Roman politician
- Ptolemy, king of Commagene
- About 130 BC: Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman politician ( * before 180 BC)
- 130 BC: The Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, Roman politician (c. 186 BC)
- About 130 BC: Menander, Indo- Greek king
- About 130 BC: Marcus Pacuvius, Roman tragic poet (c. 220 BC)