107 BC

History Portal | Portal Biographies | Current Events | Calendar years

◄ | 3rd century BC | 2nd century BC | 1st century BC | ► ◄ | 120 BC | 110s BC | 100 BC | 90 BC | 80 BC | ► ◄ ◄ | ◄ | 110 BC | 109 BC | 108 BC | 107 BC | 106 BC | 105 BC | 104 BC | ► | ► ►

Heads of State

Year of the Wood Dog甲戌( at the beginning of the year Water Faucet癸酉)

Syria: 205/ 206 ( year in October )

Events

  • Consul Gaius Marius takes over Jugurthine war in command of the Roman troops in Numidia. By conversion of the Roman army on professional soldiers instead of conscript peasants and establishment of an effective cavalry he gained a better position compared to the familiar with the country and people king Jugurtha.
  • As part of the migration of the Cimbri and the Teutons the Helvetic tribes of Tigurini and Tougener defeat under the leadership of Divico the Roman legions under the consul Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla at the Battle of Agen on the Garonne. The populated of the city Volcae Tolosa then falls on the Roman Empire.

Born

  • 107 BC: Decimus Junius Silanus, Roman politician ( † 60 BC)

Died

  • Year (2nd century BC)
  • 107 BC
April 2014 List of centuries 4th century BC 130s BC 120s BC 100s BC (decade) 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 117 BC 111 BC 103 BC 97 BC Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Olympiad Cimbrian War Decimus Junius Silanus (consul)
9909
de