103 BC
Year 103 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Orestes and the Second Year of Taichu. The denomination 103 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
By place
Roman Republic
- Gaius Marius prepares a campaign against the Ambrones and Teutones who are settled in Gaul.
- Tryphon and Athenion lead the Second Servile War in Sicily.
Judea
- Alexander Jannaeus succeeds his brother Aristobulus I as king and high priest of Judea, until 76 BC.
Asia
- War of the Heavenly Horses
- Han-Xiongnu War
Births
- Marcus Furius Bibaculus, Roman poet.
Deaths
- Aristobulus I, king of Judea.
- Gaius Lucilius, Roman satirist
- Khallata Naga of Anuradhapura, king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom