134 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Judea

By topic

Astronomy

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage, takes command in Spain against the Numantians.

Judea

★ John Hyrcanus becomes High Priest and king of Judea following the murder of his father Simon Maccabaeus by Ptolemy the son of Abubus.

By topic

Astronomy

★ Hipparchus discovers the precession of the equinoxes.

★ Hipparchus creates a star catalogue.

Births

★ Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Roman statesman

Deaths

★ Simon Maccabaeus, king of Judea (slain by his host)