113 BC

Year 113 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caprarius and Carbo (or, less frequently, year 641 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 113 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC
Years:	116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC 110 BC

113 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	113 BC CXII BC
Ab urbe condita	641
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 211
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 4
Ancient Greek era	166th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4638
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−705
Berber calendar	838
Buddhist calendar	432
Burmese calendar	−750
Byzantine calendar	5396–5397
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2584 or 2524     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2585 or 2525
Coptic calendar	−396 – −395
Discordian calendar	1054
Ethiopian calendar	−120 – −119
Hebrew calendar	3648–3649
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−56 – −55
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2988–2989
Holocene calendar	9888
Iranian calendar	734 BP – 733 BP
Islamic calendar	757 BH – 756 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2221
Minguo calendar	2024 before ROC 民前2024年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1580
Seleucid era	199/200 AG
Thai solar calendar	430–431
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 14 or −367 or −1139     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 15 or −366 or −1138

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• The Cimbri and Teutones cross the Danube and enter the lands of the Celtic tribe, the Taurisci. The latter appeal to Rome for assistance and the Senate sends an army under Gnaeus Papirius Carbo to drive the Germans back. The Romans attack the retreating columns as they pass the town of Noreia, but the Roman army is defeated in an ambush.
• Germanic tribes attack Gaul and northern Spain.
• War between the Celtiberians and the Romans.

Syria

• Antiochus IX Cyzicenus becomes king of the Seleucid Empire.

By topic

Art

• An incense burner, later found in the tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan in Mancheng, Hebei, is made during the Han Dynasty. It is now kept at Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang.

Deaths

• Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Roman consul and general (b. 180 BC)
• Liu Sheng, Chinese prince of the Han Dynasty
• Zhang Qian, Chinese explorer, official and diplomat (b. 164 BC)