# 115 BC

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Calendar year

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 v t e

115 BC by topic Politics State leaders Political entities Categories Births Deaths v t e

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 Olympiad (summer) 166th Olympiad, year 2 Assyrian calendar 4636 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −708 – −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 ཤིང་མོ་གླང་ལོ་ (female Wood-Ox) 12 or −369 or −1141 — to — མེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Tiger) 13 or −368 or −1140

Year **115 BC** was a year of the [pre-Julian Roman calendar](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Republic

- [Gaius Marius](/source/Gaius_Marius) is [praetor](/source/Praetor) in [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome): he defeats Celtic tribes in modern-day [Spain](/source/Spain).[1]

- [Marcus Aemilius Scaurus](/source/Marcus_Aemilius_Scaurus_(consul_115_BC)) defeats the [Carni](/source/Carni) Celtic tribes of [Northern Italy](/source/Northern_Italy), leading to their submission to Roman rule.

#### Middle East

- [Parthia](/source/Parthia) makes a trade treaty with [China](/source/China).

- The [Kingdom of Sheba](/source/Kingdom_of_Sheba) collapses.

## Births

- [Marcus Licinius Crassus](/source/Marcus_Licinius_Crassus), Roman general and consul (d. [53 BC](/source/53_BC))

## Deaths

- [Publius Mucius Scaevola](/source/Publius_Mucius_Scaevola_(pontifex_maximus)), Roman consul and jurist

- [Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus](/source/Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Macedonicus), Roman consul (b. c. [210 BC](/source/210_BC))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Roller, Duane W.](/source/Duane_W._Roller) (2012). ["Marius, Gaius"](https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-1280). In [Gates, Henry Louis](/source/Henry_Louis_Gates_Jr.); [Akyeampong, Emmanuel](/source/Emmanuel_K._Akyeampong); Niven, Steven J. Niven (eds.). *Dictionary of African Biography*. Oxford University Press. Retrieved December 21, 2025.

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