116 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Wood Buffalo乙丑( at the beginning of the year wood rat甲子)
Syria: 196/197 ( year in October )
Events
- After Ptolemy VIII dies, wants Cleopatra III. her younger son Ptolemy X. make co-regent, but this is supported by her mother, Cleopatra II, the population of Alexandria, prevented.
- Ptolemy IX. is Pharaoh of Egypt. His brother Ptolemy X receives dominion over Cyprus.
Born
- Marcus Terentius Varro, a Roman scientist († 27 BC )
- Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, Roman politician and military commander († 56 BC)
- By 116 BC: Gaius Aquilius Gallus, Roman politician and lawyer ( † before 44 BC)
Died
- June 26: Ptolemy VIII, Pharaoh of Egypt (c. 180 BC)
- Cleopatra II, Queen of Egypt (c. 185 BC)