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)
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