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| 120 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 424/425 (southern Buddhism); 423/424 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the metal rooster 辛酉 ( at the beginning of the year metal monkey 庚申) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 164th / 1st year of the 165th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3641/42 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCXXXIV (634) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 191/192 (turn of the year April); Syria: 192/193 (turn of the year October) |
Events
- The Cimbri and Teutons move south from Jutland and northern Germany .
Born
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , Roman politician († 77 BC )
- around 120 BC Chr .: Antiochus of Ascalon , Greek philosopher († around 68 BC )
- around 120 BC Chr .: Decimus Junius Brutus , Roman politician († around 60 BC )
- around 120 BC Chr .: Seleukos VI. Epiphanes Nikator, King of the Seleucid Empire († 95 BC )
- around 120 BC Chr .: Lucius Cornelius Sisenna , Roman politician and writer († around 67 BC )
Died
- Mithridates V , King of Pontus
- around 120 BC Chr .: Hipparchos , Greek astronomer and mathematician, on Rhodes (* around 190 BC )
- around 120 BC Chr .: Lucius Coelius Antipater , Roman lawyer and historian (* around 180 BC )
- around 120 BC Chr .: Polybios , Greek historian (* around 201 BC )