115 BC

Year 115 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scaurus and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 639 Ab urbe condita) and the Second Year of Yuanding. The denomination 115 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:	118 BC 117 BC 116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC

115 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	115 BC CXV BC
Ab urbe condita	639
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 209
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 2
Ancient Greek era	166th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4636
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−707
Berber calendar	836
Buddhist calendar	430
Burmese calendar	−752
Byzantine calendar	5394–5395
Chinese calendar	乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2583 or 2376     — to — 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 2584 or 2377
Coptic calendar	−398 – −397
Discordian calendar	1052
Ethiopian calendar	−122 – −121
Hebrew calendar	3646–3647
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−58 – −57
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2986–2987
Holocene calendar	9886
Iranian calendar	736 BP – 735 BP
Islamic calendar	759 BH – 758 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2219
Minguo calendar	2026 before ROC 民前2026年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1582
Seleucid era	197/198 AG
Thai solar calendar	428–429
Tibetan calendar	阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 12 or −369 or −1141     — to — 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 13 or −368 or −1140

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Gaius Marius is praetor in Rome: he defeats Celtic tribes in modern-day Spain.
• Marcus Aemilius Scaurus defeats the Carni Celtic tribes of Northern Italy, leading to their submission to Roman rule.

Middle East

• Parthia makes a trade treaty with China.
• The Kingdom of Sheba collapses.

Births

• Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and consul (d. 53 BC)

Deaths

• Publius Mucius Scaevola, Roman consul and jurist
• Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus, Roman consul (b. c. 210 BC)

References