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Events

The Roman Senate passes the motion ''senatus consultum ultimum'', which the Consul Lucius Opimius interprets as giving him unlimited power to preserve the Republic . He gathers an armed force of Senators and their supporters to confront Gaius Gracchus . A pitched battle is fought inside Rome , resulting in the death of Gracchus and many of his followers.

A tribunal is established in Rome that executes 3000 followers of Gracchus.

Consul Q. Fabius Maximus , allied with the Aedui , defeated the Arverni and Allobroges in Transalpine Gaul , thus establishing the province for Rome.

Led by General Ho Chu-ping , the Chinese defeat the Hsiung-nu .

Births

Publius Sulpicius Rufus , Tribune of the Plebs

Deaths

Gaius Gracchus

M. Fulvius Flaccus

Cleopatra Thea (failed attempt to poison her stepson)