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Year '''109 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 Numidicus and Silanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 645 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''') and the '''Second Year of Yuanfeng'''. The denomination 109 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 ====
* A [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army under [[Marcus Junius Silanus (consul 109 BC)|Marcus Junius Silanus]] is defeated by the [[Cimbri]] and [[Teutones]] near the river [[Rhône]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Emperor Wu of Han]] inspects the [[Han dynasty|Han Empire]], traveling {{cvt|9,000|km|mi|abbr=on}}. He also sends diplomats to search for the legendary [[Mount Penglai|Penglai Island]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 189–190|publisher= Algora}}</ref>
* [[Han campaigns against Dian]]: Emperor Wu launches a new campaign against the [[Dian Kingdom]] and establishes the Yizhou commandery in [[Yunnan]] during the [[southward expansion of the Han dynasty|dynasty's expansion southward]].
* [[Han conquest of Gojoseon|Han invasion of Gojoseon]]
:* After She He, a Han envoy, murders a minor king of the vassal state of [[Old Chosŏn|Gojoseon]] and is rewarded by Emperor Wu with a military command, [[Ugeo of Gojoseon|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.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 191–193|publisher= Algora}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 197–198|publisher= Algora}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Sima|last= Qian|title=Records of the Grand Historian, Section: Wei Qing & Huo Qubing}}</ref> 
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== Births ==

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== Deaths ==
* [[Paerisades V]], king of the [[Bosporan Kingdom]] (approximate date)
* [[Sames II Theosebes Dikaios]], king of [[Commagene]]

== References ==
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