The world in 126 BC — what happened that year

1 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Southern Europe (1)

• By lot Gaius goes to Sardinia as quaestor of the consul Orestes (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Gaius Gracchus 1.4)

Changes of power ◆

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.

• ◆ Indo-Greek Kingdom appears
• ◆ Minyue appears
• ◆ Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ends
• ◆ Kingdom of Pergamon ends
• ◆ Yuezhi takes 307,900 km² of former Greco-Bactrian Kingdom land
• ◆ Parthian Empire takes 255,100 km² of former Seleucid Empire land
• ◆ Indo-Scythian Kingdom takes 173,100 km² of former Parthian Empire land
• ◆ Roman Republic takes 129,200 km² of former Kingdom of Pergamon land

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