111 BC

Year 111 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Serapio and Bestia (or, less frequently, year 643 Ab urbe condita) and the Sixth Year of Yuanding. The denomination 111 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.

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
Years:	114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC 110 BC 109 BC 108 BC

111 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	111 BC CXI BC
Ab urbe condita	643
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 213
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 6
Ancient Greek era	167th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4640
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−703
Berber calendar	840
Buddhist calendar	434
Burmese calendar	−748
Byzantine calendar	5398–5399
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2587 or 2380     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2588 or 2381
Coptic calendar	−394 – −393
Discordian calendar	1056
Ethiopian calendar	−118 – −117
Hebrew calendar	3650–3651
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−54 – −53
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2990–2991
Holocene calendar	9890
Iranian calendar	732 BP – 731 BP
Islamic calendar	755 BH – 753 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2223
Minguo calendar	2022 before ROC 民前2022年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1578
Seleucid era	201/202 AG
Thai solar calendar	432–433
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 16 or −365 or −1137     — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 17 or −364 or −1136

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• The city of Rome is devastated by fire.
• Jugurtha, king of Numidia, bribes the commander Lucius Calpurnius Bestia and Roman friends to secure easy terms. He is given a safe conduct to Rome in order to account for his actions in the Roman Senate. Jugurtha contemptuously bribes his way through all difficulties.

China

• Han conquest of Nanyue

• In winter, the Han general Yang Pu captures Xunxia Gorge and Shimen and defeats the Nanyue army. He and Han general Lu Bode then attack the Nanyue capital Panyu and receive its surrender. Nanyue's King Zhao Jiande and Premier Lü Jia are captured in flight and killed.
• Nanyue's ally Cangwu submits to the Han dynasty, and Nanyue is divided into nine prefectures. The Han dynasty thereby extends its control to modern-day North Vietnam.

• Han-Xiongnu War: the Han generals Gongsun He and Zhao Ponu invade deep into Xiongnu territory, Gongsun marching from Wuhuan and Zhao from Lingju. However, neither come upon a Xiongnu army. There follows a period of several years in which the Han and Xiongnu seek to establish peace.
• Han-Dongyue War

• Autumn – After learning that Yang Pu had suggested an invasion of Dongyue to Emperor Wu of Han, Dongyue's king, Zou Yushan, declares himself 'Emperor Wu' and sends an army under Zou Li to invade Han territory. They capture Baisha, Wulin and Meiling, and the Han Treasurer Zhang Cheng is executed for avoiding the Dongyue army.
• Emperor Wu of Han sends two maritime fleets and three armies, including an army under Yang Pu, to invade Dongyue.

Births

• Spartacus, Roman slave and rebel leader (d. 71 BC, presumably)

Deaths

• Tryphaena, queen consort of the Seleucid Empire
• Zhao Jiande, last king of Nanyue (or Nam Viet)