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Year 135 BC was a year of the
pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Piso (or, less frequently, year 619 ''
Ab urbe condita
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'') and the Sixth Year of Jianyuan. The denomination 135 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 when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "o ...
calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
* The First Servile War starts in Sicily.
* Servius Fulvius Flaccus defeats an uprising of the Ardiaei in Illyria.
* Marcus Cosconius defeats the Scordisci in Thrace.
Bactria
* Menander I, king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom dies and is succeeded by Epander.
China
* Grand Empress Dowager Dou dies, which allows her grandson Emperor Wu to exert greater control over the empire.
* Minyue attacks Nanyue, which are both vassal states of the Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
. The Han send two armies against Minyue under Wang Hui and Han Anguo, and Minyue's king Zou Ying is killed by his brother Zou Yushan, who then surrenders to the Han.
* Emperor Wu makes Zou Chou the king of Minyue, but Zou Yushan carves out two thirds of Minyue as the state of Dongyue, which Wu then recognizes.
* A Han military campaign against the Dian Kingdom establishes a military commandery in the Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
region.
Births
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Mithridates VI, king of
Pontus (d.
63 BC)
*
Pompeius Strabo, Roman consul and father of
Pompeius Magnus (d.
87 BC)
*
Posidonius of Apamea, Greek
Stoic philosopher and scientist (d.
51 BC)
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Sima Qian, Chinese historian of the
Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...
(approximate date)
Deaths
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Menander I, king of the
Indo-Greek Kingdom
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Simon Maccabaeus, prince of
Judea and
High Priest of JudeaCatholic Bible resources
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References
Bibliography
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