129 BC
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Heads of State
Year of the Earth Rat壬子( at the beginning of the year Metal Pig辛亥)
Syria: 183/184 ( year in October )
Events
- After the death of Antiochus VII his brother Demetrius II takes over again the rule in the Seleucid Empire.
- Against King Alexander II Zabinas ruled parts of the Seleucid Empire.
- The Roman troops defeat Aristonicus, the illegitimate son of Eumenes II of Pergamum The kingdom falls to Rome. The Roman form of the kingdom, the province of Asia.
- 129 BC: Darius becomes ruler of Elymais.
Died
- Antiochus VII Eumenes, King of the Seleucid Empire
- Aristonicus, the last heir of the Kingdom of Pergamon
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus ( murdered ), Roman general (* 185 BC)
- Marcus Perperna, Roman politician
- 129 BC: Carneades of Cyrene, Greek philosopher (* 214/213 BC)