80s BC

80s BC is the time period from 89 BC – 80 BC.

89 BC

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By place

Roman Republic

• Consuls: Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato.
• Social War:
  • Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels in the Battle of Fucine Lake, Cato is killed.
  • The Roman army of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels in the Battle of Asculum.
• Lex Plautia Papiria extends citizenship to all Italians who applied for it within 60 days. The new citizens are enrolled in eight designated tribes, to prevent domination of the assemblies.
• Lex Pompeia grants Latin rights to cities in Cisalpine Gaul.
• Pompeii is annexed by the Roman Republic.
• Cicero ends his service in the Roman army.

Asia Minor

• Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Bithynia and Cappadocia, thus beginning the First Mithridatic War.

Xiongnu

• The former Han General-in-Chief Li Guangli, now the son-in-law of Hulugu Chanyu, is arrested and sacrificed to the gods to restore the health of Hulugu's mother.^[1]

Births

Transcluding articles: 89 BC, 88 BC, 87 BC, 86 BC, 85 BC, 84 BC, 83 BC, 82 BC, 81 BC, and 80 BC

89 BC

• Empress Shangguan, wife to Emperor Zhao of Han (d. 37 BC)

87 BC

• Lucius Munatius Plancus, Roman consul (approximate date)

86 BC

• October 1 – Sallust, Roman historian (d. 34 BC)
• Fausta Cornelia, twin sister of Faustus Cornelius Sulla, wife of Gaius Memmius and later of Titus Annius Milo
• Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Roman senator, son of the dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla (d. 46 BC)

85 BC

• Atia, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Augustus (d. 43 BC)
• Marcus Junius Brutus, conspirator and assassin in the murder of Julius Caesar (approximate date)^[12]
• Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman politician and father of Tiberius (d. 33 BC)

84 BC

• Catullus, Roman poet (approximate date) (d. c. 54 BC)
• Servilius Casca, Roman politician (d. c. 42 BC)
• Surena, Parthian general (d. 53 BC)

83 BC

• Fulvia, Roman matron and wife of Mark Antony (approximate date)
• Julia, daughter of Julius Caesar and Cornelia^[13]
• Mark Antony, Roman politician and General (who later married Cleopatra) (approximate date) (d. 30 BC)

82 BC

• May 28 – Licinius Macer Calvus, Roman orator and poet (d. c. 47 BC)
• Marcus Caelius Rufus, Roman orator and politician (d. c. 48 BC)
• Varro Atacinus, Roman poet and writer (d. c. 35 BC)
• Vercingetorix, Gaul warrior and leader (d. 46 BC)

80 BC

• Scribonia, wife to the Roman Emperor Augustus (approximate date) (d. AD 16)

Deaths

Transcluding articles: 89 BC, 88 BC, 87 BC, 86 BC, 85 BC, 84 BC, 83 BC, 82 BC, 81 BC, and 80 BC

89 BC

• Aulus Sempronius Asellio, Roman praetor (murdered by creditors)
• Lucius Porcius Cato, Roman politician and general
• Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Roman politician (b. c. 163 BC)
• Titus Didius, killed in battle during the Social War
• Li Guangli, Chinese General-in-Chief (Han dynasty)

88 BC

• Demetrius III Eucaerus, king of the Seleucid Empire
• Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman consul
• Lady Gouyi, mother of Zhao of Han (b. 113)
• Manius Aquillius, Roman consul and general
• Ptolemy X Alexander I, king (pharaoh) of Egypt
• Publius Sulpicius Rufus, Roman tribune of the plebs, murdered by Sulla
• Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur, Roman consul
• Quintus Poppaedius Silo, Italian tribe leader

87 BC

• March 29 – Han Wudi, emperor of the Han dynasty (b. 157 BC)
• Apollodorus of Artemita, Greek writer
• Gaius Atilius Serranus, Roman consul and senator
• Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo, Roman politician
• Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Roman general and politician
• Gotarzes I, ruler (shah) of the Parthian Empire
• Lucius Cornelius Merula, Roman politician and priest
• Lucius Julius Caesar, Roman consul (killed by partisans of Gaius Marius)
• Marcus Antonius, Roman consul (executed by order of Marius and Cinna)
• Publius Licinius Crassus, Roman consul and censor (killed by Marians invading Rome)
• Quintus Ancharius, Roman politician (executed by order of Marius and Cinna)

86 BC

• January 13 – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. c. 157 BC)^[14]
• March 1 – Aristion, Greek philosopher and tyrant
• Jin Midi, Chinese politician and co-regent (b. 134 BC)
• Sima Qian, Chinese historian (b. 145 BC)

85 BC

• Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman politician (b. c. 140 BC)
• Mnesarchus of Athens, Stoic philosopher (b. c. 160 BC)
• Lucius Valerius Flaccus

84 BC

• Apellicon of Teos, Greek book collector (approximate date)
• Gaius Flavius Fimbria, Roman politician and general (suicide)
• Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Roman consul (killed by mutinying troops)
• Antiochus XII Dionysus, king of the Seleucid Empire (killed in battle)

83 BC

• Philip I Philadelphus, Seleucid king (approximate date)

82 BC

• Gaius Carrinas, Roman politician and general (executed by order of Sulla)
• Gaius Fabius Hadrianus, Roman politician and governor
• Gaius Marcius Censorinus, Roman politician and general (executed by order of Sulla)
• Gaius Marius the Younger, Roman politician (commits suicide)
• Gaius Norbanus, Roman consul and governor (commits suicide)
• Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, Roman consul (executed by order of Sulla)
• Marcus Marius Gratidianus, Roman praetor and politician (executed by order of Sulla)
• Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, Roman consul (murdered by order of Marius the Younger)
• Quintus Valerius Soranus, Roman politician and Latin poet (executed by order of Sulla)

81 BC

• Artaxias I (or Arshak), king of Iberia (Georgia)
• Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Roman politician
• Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Ptolemaic Egypt

80 BC

• Berenice III, queen regnant of Egypt (b. 120 BC)
• Caecilia Metella Dalmatica, daughter of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus (approximate date)
• Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus, Greek freedman
• Ptolemy XI Alexander II, king (pharaoh) of Egypt
• Sang Hongyang, Chinese politician of the Han dynasty
• Shangguan Jie, Chinese politician of the Han dynasty
• Princess Eyi, Han Chinese princess