116 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:	119 BC 118 BC 117 BC 116 BC 115 BC 114 BC 113 BC

116 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	116 BC CXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	638
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 208
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 1
Ancient Greek era	166th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4635
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−708
Berber calendar	835
Buddhist calendar	429
Burmese calendar	−753
Byzantine calendar	5393–5394
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 2582 or 2375     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 2583 or 2376
Coptic calendar	−399 – −398
Discordian calendar	1051
Ethiopian calendar	−123 – −122
Hebrew calendar	3645–3646
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−59 – −58
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2985–2986
Holocene calendar	9885
Iranian calendar	737 BP – 736 BP
Islamic calendar	760 BH – 759 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2218
Minguo calendar	2027 before ROC 民前2027年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1583
Seleucid era	196/197 AG
Thai solar calendar	427–428
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 11 or −370 or −1142     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 12 or −369 or −1141

Year 116 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Geta and Eburnus (or, less frequently, year 638 Ab urbe condita) and the First Year of Yuanding. The denomination 116 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

Egypt

• June 26 – At the death of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Cleopatra III has chosen her younger son Ptolemy X Alexander as co-regent, but the Alexandrians force her to bring Ptolemy IX from Cyprus, of which he is governor.
• Ptolemy IX Philometor Soter II Lathyros becomes king of Egypt and claims the throne.

Births

• Marcus Terentius Varro (aka "Varro"), Roman scholar and writer (d. 27 BC)

Deaths

• June 26 – Ptolemy VIII Physcon, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (b. c. 182 BC)
• Cleopatra II, queen of Egypt (b. c. 185 BC)
• Zhang Tang, Chinese official and politician