101 BC

Year 101 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. 

 Events 
 By place 
 Roman Republic 
 The Roman consuls Gaius Marius and Manius Aquillius defeat the Cimbri in the Battle of Campi Raudii (or Battle of Vercellae).
 Libya 
 Ptolemy Apion inherits the kingdom of Cyrenaica.

 Deaths 

 Cleopatra III of Egypt assassinated by her son Ptolemy X Alexander I (b. 161 BC)
 Boiorix, king of the Cimbri tribe, killed at the Battle of Vercellae.

Category:100s BC