131 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	3rd centuryBC 2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC
Decades:	150sBC 140sBC 130sBC 120sBC 110sBC
Years:	134BC 133BC 132BC 131BC 130BC 129BC 128BC

131 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	131 BC CXXXI BC
Ab urbe condita	623
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,193
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VIII Physcon,15
Ancient Greek era	162ndOlympiad,year 2
Assyrian calendar	4620
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−723
Berber calendar	820
Buddhist calendar	414
Burmese calendar	−768
Byzantine calendar	5378–5379
Chinese calendar	Mình dậuNăm (EarthRooster) 2567 or 2360 — to — Canh tuất năm (MetalDog) 2568 or 2361
Coptic calendar	−414 – −413
Discordian calendar	1036
Ethiopian calendar	−138 – −137
Hebrew calendar	3630–3631
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−74 – −73
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	2970–2971
Holocene calendar	9870
Iranian calendar	752 BP – 751 BP
Islamic calendar	775 BH – 774 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2203
Minguo calendar	2042 beforeROC Dân trước 2042 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1598
Seleucid era	181/182AG
Thai solar calendar	412–413
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ gà năm (female Earth-Rooster) −4 or −385 or −1157 — to — Dương kim cẩu năm (male Iron-Dog) −3 or −384 or −1156

Year131 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Mucianus and Flaccus(or, less frequently,year 623Ab urbe condita) and theFourth Year of Yuanguang.The denomination 131 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

Roman Republic

• AristonicusofPergamonleads an uprising againstRome,andconsulPublius Licinius Crassus Mucianiusis killed in the fighting.
• TheRoman censorQuintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicusattempts to remove thetribuneGaius Atinius Labeo Maceriofrom theSenate,the angry Atinius drags him to be thrown off theTarpeian Rock,and Metellus is only saved by the intervention of other senators.
• The tribuneGaius Papirius Carbopasses a measure allowing the use ofsecret ballotsin legislative assemblies.
• For the first time in Roman history, both censors areplebeians(Metellus andQuintus Pompeius).
• FirstActa Diurnaappears in Rome around this time.