100 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Snake辛巳( at the beginning of the year metal dragon庚辰)
Syria: 212/213
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Gaius Marius is for the sixth consecutive time consul of the Roman Empire. He takes over the position Lucius Valerius Flaccus in common with. The tribune Lucius Saturninus Appuleius, a political friend of Marius, set against the resistance of the Senate by laws on new distribution of land to veterans and other folk -friendly regulations. Saturninus is a member of the Populares, a direction within the Roman ruling elite that tried in the tradition of the Gracchus brothers, past to make with the support of the people in the Senate policy. Along with those are the Optimates who want to get the long-standing supremacy of the Council of Elders. When Saturninus trying to elect one of its allies as consul, and leaves to kill a competitor, the Senate calls a state of emergency.
- Gaius Marius, who has so far cooperated politically with Saturninus, now sees itself forced to using force against its ally as acting consul. In the battles Saturninus and many of his followers are killed.
Culture
- Around 100 BC: An unknown artist made later known as the Venus de Milo statue.
Born
- Around 100 BC: Antipater, Roman politician and father of Herod the Great ( † 43 BC)
- Around 100 BC: Titus Labienus, a Roman officer († 45 BC)
- Around 100 BC, Cornelius Nepos, Roman historian († after 28 BC)
- Around 100 BC: Aemilia Scaura, Roman patrician († 82 BC )
Died
- Around 100 BC: Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi (c. 190 BC)