124 BC

124 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. It is also sometimes referred to as AUC 630 (ab urbe condita, "from the founding of the city").

Events

• The Roman Senate orders the destruction of Fregellae after its rebellion.
• The construction of the Via Domitia, the first Roman road in Gaul, begins.
• Mitradates II of Parthia takes control of Armenia.
• Han Wudi (Emperor Wu of Han) establishes the Imperial University in China, promoting Confucianism as the state philosophy.

Births

• Quintus Sertorius, Roman general (approximate date)

Deaths

• Nicander of Colophon, Greek poet and physician