https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=82.10.43.17Wikipedia - User contributions [en]2026-07-08T09:10:14ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.44.0https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?title=299_BC&diff=69142299 BC2023-06-04T20:16:01Z<p>82.10.43.17: /* Roman Republic */ - Torquatus and Picentes added</p>
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{{BC year in topic|299}}<br />
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Year '''299 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Paetinus and Torquatus/Corvus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 455 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 299 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.<br />
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==== Roman Republic ====<br />
* The consul Marcus Fulvius Paetinus sacks the [[Umbria|Umbrian]] city of Nequinum, which Rome had been besieging since the previous year, and he possibly also fights with success against the [[Sabines]].<br />
* [[Third Samnite War]]:<br />
:* A coalition of raiders from [[Cisalpine Gaul|Cisalpine]] and [[Transalpine Gaul]] invade [[Etruria]] and are paid off by the [[Etruscans]]. <br />
:* Rome accuses the Etruscans of seeking to ally with the Gauls against Rome. The consul [[Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC)|Titus Manlius Torquatus]] marches an army into Etruria but dies three days after falling from his horse. The new consul [[Marcus Valerius Corvus]] ravages Etruria, destroying villages in an attempt to provoke the Etruscans into battle.<br />
:* Rome allies with the [[Picentes]].<br />
:* The [[Samnites]] invade [[Lucania]] after the latter refuses to join them in alliance. The Lucanians suffer several defeats and lose multiple towns.<ref>{{cite book|first= Polybius|last= of Megalopolis|title=Histories 2.19.1-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Titus|last= Livius|title=Ab Urbe Condita 10.9-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Dionysius|last= of Halicarnassus|title=Roman Antiquities 16.11}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= S. P.|last= Oakley|title=Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X, 4 : Book X}}</ref><br />
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==== China ====<br />
* The [[State of Qin]] annexes eight cities of the state of [[Chu (state)|Chu]]. Chu then sends an envoy to ask the King of Huai to go to Qin to negotiate peace. [[Qu Yuan]] risks his life to go up to the court to persuade the King of Huai not to go to the negotiation.<br />
* The [[State of Zhao]] annexes the [[State of Zhongshan]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Basic Annals of Qin.}}</ref><br />
* [[King Wuling of Zhao]] abdicates the throne of [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]] to his son.<br />
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* [[Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC)|Titus Manlius Torquatus]], [[Roman consul]]<br />
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[[Category:299 BC| ]]</div>82.10.43.17https://wiki.tachyony.co.uk/w/index.php?title=137_BC&diff=57640137 BC2022-01-21T12:09:50Z<p>82.10.43.17: /* By place */ - Minyue bit moved to 135 (I was mistaken in initially moving it to 137)</p>
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{{Year nav|-137}}<br />
{{BC year in topic|137}}<br />
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Year '''137 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Porcina and Mancinus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 617 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''') and the '''Fourth Year of Jianyuan'''. The denomination 137 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.<br />
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== Events ==<br />
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==== Roman Republic ====<br />
* [[Tiberius Gracchus]], [[quaestor]] in Spain, observes that slave labor has displaced small freeheld farms.<br />
* [[Numantine War]] begins, [[Quintus Pompeius]] and [[M. Papilius Laenas]] are defeated and disgraced by the [[Numantia]]ns in subsequent years.<br />
* Q. Pompeius is brought to trial by Q.Metellus and others, but acquitted.<br />
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== Births ==<br />
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* [[Dutugamunu]] King of [[Sri Lanka]]<ref>{{cite book | last =Paranavitana | first =Senarat |author2=Nicholas, Cyril Wace | title =A Concise History of Ceylon | publisher =Ceylon University Press | year =1961 | pages =59 | location =Colombo | oclc = 465385 }}</ref><ref>de Silva, C.R.: ''Sri Lanka - A History''. 2nd edition, New Delhi 1997. {{ISBN|81-259-0461-1}}. p.29f.</ref><br />
* [[Zhao Tuo]], Emperor Wu of [[Nanyue]] (b. [[240 BC]])<br />
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