103 BC

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103 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 103 BC
CIII BC
Ab urbe condita 651
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 221
- Pharaoh Ptolemy X Alexander, 5
Ancient Greek era 169th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar 4648
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −695
Berber calendar 848
Buddhist calendar 442
Burmese calendar −740
Byzantine calendar 5406–5407
Chinese calendar 丁丑年 (Fire  Ox)
2595 or 2388
    — to —
戊寅年 (Earth  Tiger)
2596 or 2389
Coptic calendar −386 – −385
Discordian calendar 1064
Ethiopian calendar −110 – −109
Hebrew calendar 3658–3659
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −46 – −45
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2998–2999
Holocene calendar 9898
Iranian calendar 724 BP – 723 BP
Islamic calendar 746 BH – 745 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2231
Minguo calendar 2014 before ROC
民前2014年
Nanakshahi calendar −1570
Seleucid era 209/210 AG
Thai solar calendar 440–441
Tibetan calendar 阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
24 or −357 or −1129
    — to —
阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
25 or −356 or −1128

Year 103 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Orestes (or, less frequently, year 651 Ab urbe condita ) and the Second Year of Taichu. The denomination 103 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.

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  • After having fought their way west across arid regions, the Han expeditionary force under Li Guangli fails to capture the Dayuan city of Yucheng and returns east to the area of Dunhuang, having lost 90% of their men.
  • Emperor Wu of Han reinforces Li Guangli's army with 60,000 men, numerous horses and beasts of burden, and more than fifty high-ranking officers. Li Guangli's army then returns west. [2]
  • Spring – After the Xiongnu Left Commander offers to kill Er Chanyu and surrender to the Han, Emperor Wu sends the Han general Zhao Ponu with an army of 20,000 to invade Xiongnu territory. When Zhao reaches the Altay Mountains, the commander's conspiracy is discovered, and after killing the commander, Er marches against Zhao but suffers an initial defeat.
  • Summer – The Han army retreats south, but the Xiongnu surround them. After capturing Zhao Ponu during the night, the Xiongnu defeat and force the surrender of the Han soldiers.
  • The Xiongnu invade parts of China and unsuccessfully attack Shouxiang. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ VanderKam, James C. (2004). From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests After the Exile. Fortress Press. p. 318. ISBN   9781451410662.
  2. ↑ Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 198–199. ISBN   978-1628944167.
  3. ↑ Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 198–199, 206–208. ISBN   978-1628944167.
  4. ↑ "PerseusCatalog". catalog.perseus.org. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  5. ↑ Gelb, Norman (2010). Kings of the Jews: The Origins of the Jewish Nation. Jewish Publication Society. p. 175. ISBN   9780827609136.
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