108_BC

108 BC

108 BC

Calendar year


108 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Galba and Hortensius/Scaurus (or, less frequently, year 646 Ab urbe condita) and the Third Year of Yuanfeng. The denomination 108 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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Events

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Roman Republic

Asia

  • The Han generals Yang Pu and Xun Zhi besiege Wangxian (Pyongyang), the capital of Gojoseon. Infighting between the generals leads Xun Zhi to arrest Yang Pu.
  • Summer – After being deserted by some of his officials, king Ugeo of Gojoseon is assassinated. Cheng Yi takes over the defense of Wangxian but is killed by Han sympathizers.
  • Han subjugates Gojoseon and divides it into four prefectures. Xun Zhi is executed for infighting.[1]

Births

Deaths


References

  1. Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 193–195. ISBN 978-1628944167.
  2. Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. p. 204. ISBN 978-1628944167.

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