100s BC (decade)
This article concerns the period 109 BC – 100 BC.
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Events
109 BC
By place
Roman Republic
- A Roman army under Marcus Junius Silanus is defeated by the Cimbri and Teutones near the river Rhône.
Asia
- Emperor Wu of Han inspects the Han Empire, traveling 9,000km. He also sends diplomats to search for the legendary Penglai Island.[1]
- Han campaigns against Dian: Emperor Wu launches a new campaign against the Dian Kingdom and establishes the Yizhou commandery in Yunnan during the dynasty's expansion southward.
- Han invasion of Gojoseon
- After She He, a Han envoy, murders a minor king of the vassal state of Gojoseon and is rewarded by Emperor Wu with a military command, Ugeo, the king of Gojoseon, attacks and kills She He.
- Autumn - Emperor Wu orders the invasion. The Han general Yang Pu crosses the Yellow Sea and marches on the capital Wangxian (Pyongyang) but is defeated outside its gates. Another general, Xun Zhi, invades overland but fails to make headway.
- Peace negotiations are initiated by Emperor Wu but fail due to mutual suspicion.[2]
- The Han general Zhao Ponu and 700 cavalrymen are victorious in the Battle of Loulan in the Tarim Basin, capturing the king of Loulan in the first Han intervention west of the Hexi Corridor.[3][4]
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Notes
References
- Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 189–190. ISBN 978-1628944167.
- Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 191–193. ISBN 978-1628944167.
- Hung, Hing Ming (2020). The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-1628944167.
- Qian, Sima. Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing.