121 BC Chr.
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| 121 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 423/424 (southern Buddhism); 422/423 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 42nd (43rd) cycle , year of the metal monkey 庚申 ( at the beginning of the earth-sheep year 己未) |
| Greek calendar | 3rd / 4th Year of the 164th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3640/41 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCXXXIII (633) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 190/191 (turn of the year April); Syria: 191/192 (turn of the year October) |
Events
- Lucius Opimius and Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus are consuls of the Roman Republic . They take back large parts of the Gracchian reforms , since Gaius Sempronius Gracchus was no longer elected tribune of the people. During the vote there was a tumult, whereupon for the first time in the history of the republic the state emergency Senatus consultum ultimum was declared . Gracchus' comrade in arms, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus , is killed. Gracchus himself manages to escape, but a little later he is killed by a slave.
- Southern France is conquered by Roman troops.
Born
- around 121 BC Chr .: Publius Sulpicius Rufus , Roman politician
Died
- Marcus Fulvius Flaccus , Roman politician
- Gaius Sempronius Gracchus , Roman tribune (* 153 BC )
- Cleopatra Thea , Egyptian princess, regent of the Seleucid Empire (* around 165 BC )