__NOTOC__ Year 136 BC was a year of the

. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Philus and Serranus (or, less frequently, year 618 '' Ab urbe condita'') and the Fifth Year of Jianyuan. The denomination 136 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the

Anno Domini The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a ...

calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

China

Confucianism , Shanxi Confucianism, also known as Ruism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described as tradition, a philosophy, a religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, a way of governing, or simply a ...

is adopted as the state religion in

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by the emperor Wu Di.

Greece

* Carneades retires as head of the

Platonic Academy The Academy (Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: ...

and is replaced by Polemarchus of Nicomedia.

Judaea

* Simon Thassi defeats an invasion by the

Seleucid The Seleucid Empire (; grc, Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, ''Basileía tōn Seleukidōn'') was a Hellenistic state in Western Asia that existed from 312 BC to 63 BC. It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator following the division ...

general Kendebaios.

Rome

* Censorship of Appius Claudius Pulcher and Quintus Fulvius Nobilior

Spain

* The Romans hand Gaius Hostilius Mancinus over to the Numantians in order to repudiate his peace treaty with them.

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