127 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	3rd century BC 2nd century BC 1st century BC
Decades:	140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC
Years:	130 BC 129 BC 128 BC 127 BC 126 BC 125 BC 124 BC

127 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	127 BC CXXVII BC
Ab urbe condita	627
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 197
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy VIII Physcon, 19
Ancient Greek era	163rd Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4624
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−719
Berber calendar	824
Buddhist calendar	418
Burmese calendar	−764
Byzantine calendar	5382–5383
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox) 2571 or 2364     — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2572 or 2365
Coptic calendar	−410 – −409
Discordian calendar	1040
Ethiopian calendar	−134 – −133
Hebrew calendar	3634–3635
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−70 – −69
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2974–2975
Holocene calendar	9874
Iranian calendar	748 BP – 747 BP
Islamic calendar	771 BH – 770 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2207
Minguo calendar	2038 before ROC 民前2038年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1594
Seleucid era	185/186 AG
Thai solar calendar	416–417
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 0 or −381 or −1153     — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 1 or −380 or −1152

Year 127 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ravilla and Cinna (or, less frequently, year 627 Ab urbe condita) and the Second Year of Yuanshuo. The denomination 127 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

Parthia

• The Scythians defeat the Parthians in a battle around Media.

China

• January: Emperor Wu of Han begins a policy of pressuring the client kings of the Han dynasty into dividing their kingdoms. Previously, only the eldest son would inherit a kingdom. However, in an edict, Wu permits the kings of Liang and Chengyang to divide the land of their states and distribute the land to their younger brothers. Wu grants these brothers titles and promises to do the same if other kings grant land to younger brothers and younger sons. This precedent pressures other kings to do likewise, and Wu places the younger brothers and younger sons under the jurisdiction of the imperial prefectures.
• Wei Qing defeats a Xiongnu army near Gaoque. He then invades the Ordos Plateau, defeats the Xiongnu and their Baiyang and Loufan allies in the battles of Puni and Fuli, and then defeats the main Xiongnu force. The conquered territory becomes Shuofang Commandery. Wu orders the foundation of Shuofang City, and the system of defenses that had been built by the Qin dynasty general Meng Tian are repaired.
• The Han rationalize the northern frontier, abandoning the remote region of Zaoyang to the Xiongnu.

Deaths

• Nicomedes II (Epiphanes), king of Bithynia
• Zhufu Yan, Chinese politician and official of the Han dynasty (or 126 BC)