129 BC

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Events

Kingdom of Pergamon, including Hierapolis, becomes the Roman Province of Asia upon death of last Attalid king, Attalos III, and after the defeat of the pretender Aristonicus by P. Licinius Crassus, with Cappadocian assistance.
C. Sempronius Tuditanus celebrates his triumph over the Iapydes of Illyria.
Demetrius II of Syria regained his freedom, recovers the throne of the Seleucid Empire.
Hipparchus publishes his catalog of stars.
Battle of Ecbatana: The Seleucid King Antiochus VII Sidetes is defeated and killed by the Parthians under Phraates II, ending Seleucid control over Media or Mesopotamia.
Total solar eclipse, used by Hipparchus to estimate distance to the moon.
Emperor Han Wudi of China of the Han dynasty launches his first offensive into the northern steppe.
Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage was assassinated by his enemies in Rome.

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