113 BC

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:	116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC 110 BC

113 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	113 BC CXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	641
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 211
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 4
Ancient Greek era	166th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4638
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−705
Berber calendar	838
Buddhist calendar	432
Burmese calendar	−750
Byzantine calendar	5396–5397
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 2585 or 2378     — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 2586 or 2379
Coptic calendar	−396 – −395
Discordian calendar	1054
Ethiopian calendar	−120 – −119
Hebrew calendar	3648–3649
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−56 – −55
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2988–2989
Holocene calendar	9888
Iranian calendar	734 BP – 733 BP
Islamic calendar	757 BH – 756 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2221
Minguo calendar	2024 before ROC 民前2024年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1580
Seleucid era	199/200 AG
Thai solar calendar	430–431
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 14 or −367 or −1139     — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 15 or −366 or −1138

The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teuton tribes (c. 120–101 BC).
L Roman victories.
W Cimbri and Teuton victories.

Year 113 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caprarius and Carbo (or, less frequently, year 641 Ab urbe condita) and the Fourth Year of Yuanding. The denomination 113 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

• Battle of Noreia: The Cimbri and Teutones cross the Danube and enter the lands of the Celtic tribe, the Taurisci (centered in what is now Austria and north-eastern Italy). The latter sent emissaries to Rome, seeking help in dealing with the migration. The Senate sends consul Gnaeus Papirius Carbo across the Julian Alps, to deal with the migration at the head of an army (some 30,000 men). He offers guides to escort them out of the territory of the Taurisci. The guides are instructed to lead the tribes to the town of Noreia, where Carbo sets an ambush. The Cimbri manage to discover Carbo's plan, they turn the tables and defeat the Romans during an ambush. Carbo manages to escape with the remnants of his consular army (some 6,000 men) during a heavy thunderstorm. Later, he is indicted by the Senate for losing the battle, but escapes conviction by committing suicide.
• Germanic tribes attack Gaul and northern Iberia.
• Celtiberians lead a war against the Romans.

Syria

• Antiochus IX Cyzicenus becomes king of the Seleucid Empire.

Numidia

• Cirta is besieged by Jugurtha.

China

• The state of Nanyue, a vassal of the Han dynasty, agrees to submit to Han laws and receives envoys to oversee the succession of the young king Zhao Xing.

By topic

Art

• An incense burner, later found in the tomb of Liu Sheng, Prince of Zhongshan in Mancheng, Hebei, is made during the Han dynasty. It is now kept at Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang.

Deaths

• Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Roman consul and general (b. 180 BC)
• Liu Sheng, Chinese prince of the Han dynasty
• Zhang Qian, Chinese explorer, official and diplomat (b. 164 BC)