98 BC

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98 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 98 BC
XCVII BC
Ab urbe condita 656
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 226
- Pharaoh Ptolemy X Alexander, 10
Ancient Greek era 170th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar 4653
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −690
Berber calendar 853
Buddhist calendar 447
Burmese calendar −735
Byzantine calendar 5411–5412
Chinese calendar 壬午年 (Water  Horse)
2599 or 2539
     to 
癸未年 (Water  Goat)
2600 or 2540
Coptic calendar −381 – −380
Discordian calendar 1069
Ethiopian calendar −105 – −104
Hebrew calendar 3663–3664
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −41 – −40
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3003–3004
Holocene calendar 9903
Iranian calendar 719 BP – 718 BP
Islamic calendar 741 BH – 740 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2236
Minguo calendar 2009 before ROC
民前2009年
Nanakshahi calendar −1565
Seleucid era 214/215 AG
Thai solar calendar 445–446
Tibetan calendar 阳水马年
(male Water-Horse)
29 or −352 or −1124
     to 
阴水羊年
(female Water-Goat)
30 or −351 or −1123

Year 98 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nepos and Didius (or, less frequently, year 656 Ab urbe condita ) and the Third Year of Tianhan. The denomination 98 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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  • Emperor Wu of Han sends the Han general Gongsun Ao on a mission to rescue general Li Ling from Xiongnu captivity. Gongsun achieves little but receives incorrect information that Li has been training Xiongnu soldiers. Enraged, Emperor Wu exterminates Li's clan. [1]

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References

  1. Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Li Ling.