This page relates to the year -101 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

• the China continues its expansionist policy.

• July 30th: Battle of Vercellae: The Roman chiefs Catulus, Marius and Sylla demolish the Germanic tribe of the Cimbres on banks of Po, with Verceil ( Vercellae ) in Piedmont.
• to overcome Cimbres, Marius raised an army among the most disadvantaged social categories, the proletarii .

• With Rome, Consul At of Manius Aquilius Nepos, Caius Marius V.

• the Roman Senate vote the “ sénatus-consultum ultimum ”, the martial law which gives to the consuls the right to condemn without call of the citizens, and uses it against Saturninus and Glaucia.

• the Roman consul Manius Aquilius Nepos crushes one second revolt of Esclave S in Sicily. It personally carries out of it the chief, Athénion.

• the Cilicie becomes Roman Province. Fight against piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Art & culture

• Denys of Thrace writes the first treaty of scientific Linguistique.
• the first marble columns appear in Rome in the house of Lutatius Catulus (traditional style or néo-attic).

Births

Death

• September: Cléopâtre III, queen of Egypt, assassinated by his/her son Ptolémée {{X}} Alexandre {{Ier}}.

• Athénion, chief of the slaves revolted in Sicily.