# 117 BC

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117 BC in various calendars Gregorian calendar 117 BC CXVII BC Ab urbe condita 637 Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 207 - Pharaoh Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 29 Ancient Greek Olympiad (summer) 165th Olympiad, year 4 Assyrian calendar 4634 Balinese saka calendar N/A Bengali calendar −710 – −709 Berber calendar 834 Buddhist calendar 428 Burmese calendar −754 Byzantine calendar 5392–5393 Chinese calendar 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 2581 or 2374 — to — 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2582 or 2375 Coptic calendar −400 – −399 Discordian calendar 1050 Ethiopian calendar −124 – −123 Hebrew calendar 3644–3645 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat −60 – −59 - Shaka Samvat N/A - Kali Yuga 2984–2985 Holocene calendar 9884 Iranian calendar 738 BP – 737 BP Islamic calendar 761 BH – 760 BH Javanese calendar N/A Julian calendar N/A Korean calendar 2217 Minguo calendar 2028 before ROC 民前2028年 Nanakshahi calendar −1584 Seleucid era 195/196 AG Thai solar calendar 426–427 Tibetan calendar ཆུ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Water-Boar) 10 or −371 or −1143 — to — ཤིང་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Wood-Rat) 11 or −370 or −1142

Year **117 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 Diadematus and Augur** (or, less frequently, **year 637 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***) and the **Sixth Year of Yuanshou**. The denomination 117 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

- [Quintus Marcius Rex](/source/Quintus_Marcius_Rex_(consul_118_BC)) triumphs over the [Stoeni](/source/Stoeni) tribe of northern Italy.

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## Births

- [Ptolemy XII Auletes](/source/Ptolemy_XII_Auletes), king ([pharaoh](/source/Pharaoh)) of [Egypt](/source/Ptolemaic_Kingdom) (d. [51 BC](/source/51_BC))[1]

## Deaths

- [Huo Qubing](/source/Huo_Qubing), Chinese general of the [Han dynasty](/source/Han_dynasty) (b. [140 BC](/source/140_BC))

- [Sima Xiangru](/source/Sima_Xiangru), Chinese statesman, poet, and musician (b. [179 BC](/source/179_BC))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ptolemaic Dynasty -- Ptolemy XII root"](https://instonebrewer.com/TyndaleSites/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_xii_fr.htm). *instonebrewer.com*. Retrieved June 6, 2023.

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