120 BC

Centuries: 3rd century BC – 2nd century BC – 1st century BC

Decades: 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC – 120s BC – 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC

Years: 125 BC 124 BC 123 BC 122 BC 121 BC – 120 BC – 119 BC 118 BC 117 BC 116 BC 115 BC

Events

Births

• Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, writer and politician
• Verres, corrupt praetor (approximate date)

Deaths

• Hipparchus, Greek astronomer and mathematician, on Rhodes (approximate date).
• Polybius, Greek historian.