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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
★
Sertorius, Roman general
Deaths
★
Gaius Gracchus
★
M. Fulvius Flaccus
★
Cleopatra Thea (failed attempt to poison her stepson)