Editing 134 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Scipio Aemilianus]], victor of [[Carthage]], takes command in [[Spain]] against the [[Numantia]]ns. He recruits 20,000 men and 40,000 allies, including [[Numidia]]n cavalry under [[Jugurtha]]. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch [[palisade]] before beginning the [[Siege of Numantia]]. The perimeter of the [[Investment (military)|circumvallations]] is twice as long as that of the city. The river Durius ([[Douro]]), enables the defenders to be supplied by small boats.
* Caius Fulvius Flaccus, as [[consul]], is sent against the [[slavery|slaves]]. Uprising of 4,000 slaves crushed at [[Sinuessa]], in [[Campania]].{{cn|date=May 2019}}<!-- Mention of Q. Metellus and Cn. Servilius Caepio suppressing a slave revolt there in Orosius 5. 9. 4-8 but not C. Fulvius Flaccus. --> Slave uprisings repressed in [[Attica|Attic]] silver mines and on the island of [[Delos]].

==== Judea ====
* [[John Hyrcanus]] becomes high priest and prince (ruler) of [[Judea]], until [[104 BC]], following the murder of his father [[Simon Maccabaeus]] by [[Ptolemy (son of Abubus)|Ptolemy the son of Abubus]] in [[135 BC]].

==== China ====
* On the advice of philosopher [[Dong Zhongshu]], [[Emperor Wu of Han]] promotes [[Confucianism]] as the official doctrine of the [[Han dynasty]] and assigns special merit to the [[Book of Rites]], the [[Classic of Music]], the [[Classic of Poetry]], the [[Book of Documents]], [[I Ching]] (the Book of Changes) and the [[Spring and Autumn Annals]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 124–125}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Astronomy ====
* [[Hipparchus]] discovers the [[precession of the equinoxes]].
* Hipparchus creates a star catalogue.
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