121 BC

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Events

By place

Rome

* The Roman Senate passes the motion "senatus consultum ultimum", which the consul Lucius Opimius interprets as giving him unlimited power to preserve the republic. He gathers an armed force of Senators and their supporters to confront Gaius Gracchus. A pitched battle is fought inside Rome, resulting in the death of Gracchus and many of his followers.
* A tribunal is established in Rome that executes 3000 followers of Gracchus.
* Consul Q. Fabius Maximus, allied with the Aedui, defeated the Arverni and Allobroges in Transalpine Gaul, thus establishing the province for Rome.

Asia

* Led by General Ho Chu-ping, the Chinese defeat the Hsiung-nu.

Births

*Publius Sulpicius Rufus, tribune of the plebs (d. 88 BC)
*Sertorius, Roman general (d. 72 BC)

Deaths

* Gaius Gracchus
* M. Fulvius Flaccus (b. 154 BC)
* Cleopatra Thea (failed attempt to poison her stepson) (b. c. 164 BC)