133 BC

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133 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 133 BC
CXXXII BC
Ab urbe condita 621
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 191
- Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 13
Ancient Greek era 161st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar 4618
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −725
Berber calendar 818
Buddhist calendar 412
Burmese calendar −770
Byzantine calendar 5376–5377
Chinese calendar 丁未年 (Fire  Goat)
2564 or 2504
     to 
戊申年 (Earth  Monkey)
2565 or 2505
Coptic calendar −416 – −415
Discordian calendar 1034
Ethiopian calendar −140 – −139
Hebrew calendar 3628–3629
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −76 – −75
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 2968–2969
Holocene calendar 9868
Iranian calendar 754 BP – 753 BP
Islamic calendar 777 BH – 776 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2201
Minguo calendar 2044 before ROC
民前2044年
Nanakshahi calendar −1600
Seleucid era 179/180 AG
Thai solar calendar 410–411
Tibetan calendar 阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
−6 or −387 or −1159
     to 
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
−5 or −386 or −1158
The Roman empire in 133 BC (in dark and light red) Extent of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between 218 BC and 117 AD.png
The Roman empire in 133 BC (in dark and light red)

Year 133 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scaevola and Frugi (or, less frequently, year 621 Ab urbe condita ) and the Second Year of Yuanguang. The denomination 133 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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  • June A large army of the Han Dynasty, under the overall command of Han Anguo, attempts to ambush the Xiongnu leader Junchen Chanyu in the Battle of Mayi. By pretending to betray the city of Mayi, a Han official had lured Junchen onto Han soil. However, a captured Chinese officer tips off Junchen, and so he avoids the ambush. The episode abrogates the Xiongnu-Han treaty (called heqin 和親 or "harmonious kinship") and marks the beginning of Emperor Wu's Han-Xiongnu War.
  • Foreign Minister Wang Hui, who, against the opposition of Han Anguo, had advocated for war, fails to attack the retreating supply column of the Xiongnu and is sentenced to death. He commits suicide. [2]

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