116 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	3rd centuryBC 2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC
Decades:	130sBC 120sBC 110sBC 100sBC 90sBC
Years:	119BC 118BC 117BC 116BC 115BC 114BC 113BC

116 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	116 BC CXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	638
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,208
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros,1
Ancient Greek era	166thOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4635
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−708
Berber calendar	835
Buddhist calendar	429
Burmese calendar	−753
Byzantine calendar	5393–5394
Chinese calendar	Giáp tửNiên (WoodRat) 2582 or 2375 — to — Ất sửu niên (WoodOx) 2583 or 2376
Coptic calendar	−399 – −398
Discordian calendar	1051
Ethiopian calendar	−123 – −122
Hebrew calendar	3645–3646
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−59 – −58
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2985–2986
Holocene calendar	9885
Iranian calendar	737 BP – 736 BP
Islamic calendar	760 BH – 759 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2218
Minguo calendar	2027 beforeROC Dân tiền 2027 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1583
Seleucid era	196/197AG
Thai solar calendar	427–428
Tibetan calendar	Dương mộc thử niên (male Wood-Rat) 11 or −370 or −1142 — to — Âm mộc ngưu niên (female Wood-Ox) 12 or −369 or −1141

Year116 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Geta and Eburnus(or, less frequently,year 638Ab urbe condita) and theFirst Year of Yuanding.The denomination 116 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Egypt

• June 26– At the death ofPtolemy VIII Physcon,Cleopatra IIIhas chosen her younger sonPtolemy X Alexanderas co-regent,but the Alexandrians force her to bring Ptolemy IX fromCyprus,of which he is governor.
• Ptolemy IX Philometor Soter II Lathyrosbecomes king ofEgyptand claims the throne.

Births

• Marcus Terentius Varro(aka "Varro" ), Roman scholar and writer (d.27 BC)

Deaths

• June 26–Ptolemy VIII Physcon,king (pharaoh) ofEgypt(b. c.182 BC)
• Cleopatra II,queen of Egypt (b. c.185 BC)
• Zhang Tang,Chinese official and politician