98 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC
Years:	101 BC 100 BC 99 BC 98 BC 97 BC 96 BC 95 BC

98 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	98 BC XCVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	656
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 226
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy X Alexander, 10
Ancient Greek era	170th Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4653
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−690
Berber calendar	853
Buddhist calendar	447
Burmese calendar	−735
Byzantine calendar	5411–5412
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 2600 or 2393     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 2601 or 2394
Coptic calendar	−381 – −380
Discordian calendar	1069
Ethiopian calendar	−105 – −104
Hebrew calendar	3663–3664
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−41 – −40
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3003–3004
Holocene calendar	9903
Iranian calendar	719 BP – 718 BP
Islamic calendar	741 BH – 740 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2236
Minguo calendar	2009 before ROC 民前2009年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1565
Seleucid era	214/215 AG
Thai solar calendar	445–446
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 29 or −352 or −1124     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 30 or −351 or −1123

Year 98 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nepos and Didius (or, less frequently, year 656 Ab urbe condita) and the Third Year of Tianhan. The denomination 98 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

Roman Republic

• Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos and Titus Didius
• The Senate passes the Lex Caecilia Didia which bans omnibus bills.

Asia

• Emperor Wu of Han sends the Han general Gongsun Ao on a mission to rescue general Li Ling from Xiongnu captivity. Gongsun achieves little but receives incorrect information that Li has been training Xiongnu soldiers. Enraged, Emperor Wu exterminates Li's clan.

Births

• Nigidius Figulus, Roman philosopher (probable date) (d. 45 BC)
• Terentia, first wife of Cicero (d. AD 4).

Deaths

• Emperor Kaika of Japan, according to legend.