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Year '''101 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Marius and Aquillius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 653 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''') and the '''Fourth Year of Taichu'''. The denomination 101 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Republic ====
* [[July 30]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vercellae]] (Battle of the Raudine Plain or Battle of Campi Raudii): The Roman consuls [[Gaius Marius]] and [[Manius Aquillius (consul 101 BC)|Manius Aquillius]] defeat the [[Cimbri]].

==== Libya ====
* [[Ptolemy Apion]] inherits the kingdom of [[Cyrenaica]].

==== Asia ====
* [[War of the Heavenly Horses]]: [[Han dynasty|Han]] general [[Li Guangli]] detaches forces to attack Yucheng. After a failed attack by Wang Shengshen and Hu Chongguo, in which Wang is killed, a new Han detachment under Shangguan Jie defeats and captures the king of Yucheng. The king is then killed by the soldiers escorting him to Li Guangli.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 201–202|publisher= Algora}}</ref>
* [[Han-Xiongnu War]]: At the beginning of the year, [[Xulihu Chanyu]] dies from illness and is succeeded by [[Qiedihou|Qiedihou Chanyu]]. Qiedihou releases the Han envoys detained by the Xiongnu and receives gifts from [[Emperor Wu of Han]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|page= 208|publisher= Algora}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* July 13{{endash}}[[Julius Caesar]]<ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=128 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref> 

== Deaths ==
* [[Boiorix]], king of the [[Cimbri]] (killed at the [[Battle of Vercellae]])
* [[Cleopatra III of Egypt|Cleopatra III]], queen of the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]] (assassinated by her son [[Ptolemy X Alexander I]])

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