131 BCE
The Roman censor Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus attempts to remove the tribune Gaius Atinius Labeo Macerio from the Senate, the angry Atinius drags him to be thrown off the Tarpeian Rock, and Metellus is only saved by the intervention of other senators. For the first time in Roman history, both censors are plebeians (Metellus and Quintus Pompeius). During Aristonicus of Pergamon uprising against Rome, the consul Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianius is killed in the fighting.
In the 130s BC, the 2nd century BC.
Conflict & Security
- Capture of Thebes: Egyptian rebel Harsiesi seized Thebes in the summer of 131 BC, proclaimed pharaoh, for a short period of time.source
Health & Medicine
- For the first time in Roman history, both censors are plebeians (Metellus and Quintus Pompeius).source
Crime & Justice
- The Roman censor Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus attempts to remove the tribune Gaius Atinius Labeo Macerio from the Senate, the angry Atinius drags him to be thrown off the Tarpeian Rock, and Metellus is only saved by the intervention of other senators.source
Births
- Mithridates VI Eupator – king of Pontus (c.120-63 BC)source