Decade · 139 BCE – 130 BCE
The world in the 130s BCE
From 139 BCE to 130 BCE the atlas holds 91 states standing at some time. 6 things began - Osroene, Servile Wars and First Servile War among them - and 6 ended; 17 people were born and 12 died, 3 of all these dated only to the decade.
What began in the 130s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Osroene · state · 132 BCE – 214 CE
Wars and battles 4
- Servile Wars · war · 135 – 71 BCE
- Han–Xiongnu wars · war · 139 BCE – 89 CE
- Siege of Numantia · battle · 134 – 133 BCE
- Battle of Mayi · battle · 133 BCE
Unrest and atrocity 1
- First Servile War · unrest · 135 – 132 BCE
What ended in the 130s BCE
States 2
- Attalid dynasty · state · 282 – 133 BCE
- Kingdom of Pergamon · state · 282 – 133 BCE
Wars and battles 3
- Lusitanian Wars · war · 155 – 139 BCE
- Numantine War · war · 143 – 133 BCE
- Siege of Numantia · battle · 134 – 133 BCE
Unrest and atrocity 1
- First Servile War · unrest · 135 – 132 BCE
Born and died
Born 17
- Sulla · military leader · 138 – 78 BCE
- Mithridates VI Eupator · military leader · 134 – 63 BCE
- Posidonius · astronomer · 135 – 51 BCE
- Ptolemy X Alexander I · ruler · 139 – 88 BCE
- Lucius Cornelius Cinna · politician · 135 – 84 BCE
- Cleopatra IV · ruler · 138 – 112 BCE
- Cleopatra Selene of Syria · ruler · 135 – 69 BCE
- Antiochus IX Cyzicenus · monarch · 135 – 96 BCE
- Gaius Julius Caesar · politician · 131 – 85 BCE
- Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo · politician · 135 – 87 BCE
- Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus · politician · 134 – 44 BCE
- Gnaeus Octavius · politician · 130 – 87 BCE
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos · politician · 131 – 55 BCE
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus · politician · 139 – 89 BCE
- Appius Claudius Pulcher · politician · 131 – 76 BCE
- Lucius Caecilius Metellus · politician · 130 – 68 BCE
and 1 more in the atlas.
Died 12
- Mithridates I of Parthia · person · 195 – 132 BCE
- Attalus III · person · 170 – 132 BCE
- Antiochus VII Sidetes · monarch · 159 – 130 BCE
- Antiochus VI Dionysus · monarch · 148 – 138 BCE
- Attalus II Philadelphus · politician · 220 – 138 BCE
- Viriathus · commander · 180 – 139 BCE
- Zhao Tuo · monarch · 230 – 137 BCE
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio · politician · 180 – 132 BCE
- Servius Sulpicius Galba · politician · 191 – 130 BCE
- Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus · politician · 189 – 130 BCE
- Titus Manlius Torquatus · politician · 208 – 133 BCE
- Dutugamunu the Great · monarch · 165 – 137 BCE
States of the 130s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 130s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 139 BCE.
Europe9 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Roman consul since 139 BCE and Marcus Popillius Laenas, Roman consul since 139 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Roman consul since 139 BCE and Marcus Popillius Laenas, Roman consul since 139 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE · Parisades IV Philometor, King of the Bosporus since 150 BCE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Tauri · 600 BCE – 100 CE
- Illyrian kingdom · 701 – 135 BCE
and 1 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa42 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
and 34 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia19 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE · Menander I, monarch since 165 BCE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 250 – 125 BCE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE · Vasujyeshtha, Sunga emperor since 140 BCE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
and 11 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor of China since 141 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Nanyue · 207 – 111 BCE · Zhao Tuo, emperor since 207 BCE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor of China since 141 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
and 7 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown4 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Wiman Chosŏn · 194 – 108 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 159 BCE – 110 BCE: every state, war and life of the 130s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 134 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.