108 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Roman forces under Caecilius Metellus defeat the forces of Jugurtha of Numidia at the Battle of the Muthul, with Gaius Marius as a subordinate.

Asia

★ The Korean kingdom of Gojoseon falls, and Chinese Emperor Wu of Han establishes the Lelang Commandery in northern Korea.

★ December — The Han Dynasty Chinese under commander Zhao Ponu are victorious in the Battle of Loulan in the Tarim Basin, resulting in the submission of Dayuan and the Wusun in Central Asia.

Births

★ L. Sergius Catilina, Roman statesman

Deaths

★ Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder, Roman statesman