130 BC

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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Pig辛亥( at the beginning of the year metal dog庚戌)

Syria: 182/183 ( year in October )

Events

Politics and World Affairs

  • Samos II, after the death of his father Ptolemy king of Commagene.
  • About 130 BC: In Assyria proper names are replaced by numbers combinations.
  • 130 BC: The island of Kos is part of the Roman Empire.

Science and Culture

  • 130 BC: The Greek historian Antipater of Sidon draw up a list of the seven wonders of the world.

Born

  • About 130 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, Roman politician ( † 87 BC)
  • About 130 BC: Iulia, wife of Roman politician Gaius Marius, aunt of Gaius Julius Caesar († 68/69 BC)
  • About 130 BC: Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Roman politician ( † 84 BC)
  • About 130 BC: Divico, leader of the tribe of the Helvetic part Tigurini ( † after 58 BC)
  • About 130 BC: Meleager of Gadara, Greek author († 60 BC)

Died

  • Lucius Cornelius Lentulus, a Roman politician
  • Ptolemy, king of Commagene
  • About 130 BC: Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman politician ( * before 180 BC)
  • 130 BC: The Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, Roman politician (c. 186 BC)
  • About 130 BC: Menander, Indo- Greek king
  • About 130 BC: Marcus Pacuvius, Roman tragic poet (c. 220 BC)
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