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Year '''104 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 Fimbria''' (or, less frequently, '''year 650 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''') and the '''First Year of Taichu'''. The denomination 104 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 ====
*[[Ancient Rome|Rome]] enacts a state of emergency, as the way to [[Italy]] lays open to the [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] invaders. [[Gaius Marius]], the conqueror of [[Jugurtha]], is elected [[consul]] for the second time. He celebrates his [[Roman triumph|triumph]] over [[Jugurtha]], who is led in the procession and thrown into the [[Mamertine Prison|Tullianum]] where he dies of [[starvation]].
* [[Second Servile War]]: [[Athenion (rebel)|Athenion]] starts a [[Slavery|slave rebellion]] in [[Segesta]] ([[Sicily]]).
==== Judea ====
* [[Aristobulus I]] succeeds [[John Hyrcanus]], becoming king and high priest of [[Judea]], until [[103 BC]].
==== Asia ====
* [[War of the Heavenly Horses]]: [[Emperor Wu of Han]] sends an army of 6000 cavalrymen and 10,000 convicts under [[Li Guangli]] to attack [[Dayuan]] in modern [[Kyrgyzstan]] after Wugua, the king of Dayuan, refuses to send the Han any of the prized horses of Dayuan and, following a contentious meeting with the Han diplomats, has a vassal king kill the diplomats and seize their goods. The Han expeditionary force proceeds with difficulty, marching through arid regions and facing hostile cities.<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}}</ref>
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== Births ==
* [[Julia (mother of Mark Antony)|Julia]], mother of [[Mark Antony]]
* [[Servilia (mother of Brutus)|Servilia]], mistress of [[Julius Caesar]]
== Deaths ==
* [[Dong Zhongshu]], Chinese scholar who promoted [[Confucianism]] at the central court of the [[Han dynasty]] (b. [[179 BC]])
* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], [[Roman consul]] and general
* [[John Hyrcanus]], prince and high priest of [[Judea]] (b. [[164 BC]])
* [[Jugurtha]], king of [[Numidia]] (execution by [[Rome]]) (b. c. [[160 BC]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jugurtha | access-date=February 27, 2024 | title=Jugurtha | series=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
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