128 BC

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128 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 128 BC
CXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita 626
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 196
- Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 18
Ancient Greek era 163rd Olympiad (victor )¹
Assyrian calendar 4623
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −720
Berber calendar 823
Buddhist calendar 417
Burmese calendar −765
Byzantine calendar 5381–5382
Chinese calendar 壬子年 (Water  Rat)
2570 or 2363
    — to —
癸丑年 (Water  Ox)
2571 or 2364
Coptic calendar −411 – −410
Discordian calendar 1039
Ethiopian calendar −135 – −134
Hebrew calendar 3633–3634
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 - Vikram Samvat −71 – −70
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2973–2974
Holocene calendar 9873
Iranian calendar 749 BP – 748 BP
Islamic calendar 772 BH – 771 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2206
Minguo calendar 2039 before ROC
民前2039年
Nanakshahi calendar −1595
Seleucid era 184/185 AG
Thai solar calendar 415–416
Tibetan calendar 阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
−1 or −382 or −1154
    — to —
阴水牛年
(female Water-Ox)
0 or −381 or −1153

Year 128 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavius and Rufus (or, less frequently, year 626 Ab urbe condita ) and the First Year of Yuanshuo. The denomination 128 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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  • Cn. Octavius and T. Annius Rufus are this year's consuls

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China

  • In response to Han incursions, in 128 or 127 the Xiongnu invade northern China. They kill the governor of Liaoxi, defeat the governor of Yuyang, capture 2000 of the inhabitants of Liaoxi and Yuyang and defeat the Han general Han Anguo. Han Anguo and his cavalry force are surrounded in their camp but the arrival of relief forces coming from Yan causes the Xiongnu army to withdraw. The Xiongnu also invade Yanmen and kill or capture 1000 people. [1] [2]
  • The Han general Wei Qing, with an army of 30,000 cavalrymen, defeats a Xiongnu army north of Yanmen. The Han general Li Xi attacks the Xiongnu further to the east, riding out of Dai Prefecture. [3]
  • Having spent a year in Greater Yuezhi, the Han diplomat Zhang Qian begins his return journey to China, having failed to persuade Yuezhi's king to form an alliance against the Xiongnu. Passing by the Pamir, Kunlun, Altun and Qilian Mountains, he and his retinue are then captured by the Xiongnu and taken into custody. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 139–140. ISBN   978-1628944167.
  2. ↑ Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Xiongnu, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing.
  3. ↑ Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. p. 140. ISBN   978-1628944167.
  4. ↑ Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. p. 146. ISBN   978-1628944167.
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