108 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC
Decades:	130s BC  120s BC  110s BC  – 100s BC –  90s BC  80s BC  70s BC
Years:	111 BC 110 BC 109 BC – 108 BC – 107 BC 106 BC 105 BC

108 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	108 BC
Ab urbe condita	646
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 216
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 9
Ancient Greek era	168th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4643
Bengali calendar	−700
Berber calendar	843
Buddhist calendar	437
Burmese calendar	−745
Byzantine calendar	5401–5402
Chinese calendar	壬申年 (Water Monkey) 2589 or 2529     — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 2590 or 2530
Coptic calendar	−391 – −390
Discordian calendar	1059
Ethiopian calendar	−115 – −114
Hebrew calendar	3653–3654
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−51 – −50
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2994–2995
Holocene calendar	9893
Iranian calendar	729 BP – 728 BP
Islamic calendar	751 BH – 750 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2226
Minguo calendar	2019 before ROC 民前2019年
Seleucid era	204/205 AG
Thai solar calendar	435–436

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). 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.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Roman forces under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus defeat the forces of Jugurtha of Numidia at the Battle of the Muthul, with Gaius Marius as a subordinate.

Asia

• The Korean kingdom of Wiman Joseon falls, and Chinese Emperor Wu of Han establishes the Lelang Commandery in northern Korea.
• December – The Han Dynasty Chinese under commander Zhao Ponu are victorious in the Battle of Loulan in the Tarim Basin, resulting in the submission of Dayuan and the Wusun in Central Asia.

Births

• L. Sergius Catilina, Roman statesman (d. 62 BC)

Deaths

• Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder, Roman statesman

References