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| * ] defeats ] allies of ] in the ], and takes control of Rome. | * ] defeats ] allies of ] in the ], and takes control of Rome. | ||
| * ] was sent by Sulla to stamp out democratic rebels in ] and ], while the young ] was acting as a subordinate of ] in the east. | * ] was sent by Sulla to stamp out democratic rebels in ] and ], while the young ] was acting as a subordinate of ] in the east. | ||
| * The Aurigd shower parent comet |
* The Aurigd shower parent comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess) returns to the inner solar system and sheds the dust particles that one revolution later cause the 1935, 1986, and 1994 (and yet to come 2007) Aurigid meteor outbursts on Earth. | ||
| ===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC
Years: 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC - 82 BC - 81 BC 80 BC 79 BC 78 BC 77 BC
Events
- Sulla defeats Samnite allies of Rome in the Battle of the Colline Gate, and takes control of Rome.
- Cnaeus Pompeius was sent by Sulla to stamp out democratic rebels in Sicily and Africa, while the young Gaius Julius Caesar was acting as a subordinate of Sulla in the east.
- The Aurigd shower parent comet C/1911 N1 (Kiess) returns to the inner solar system and sheds the dust particles that one revolution later cause the 1935, 1986, and 1994 (and yet to come 2007) Aurigid meteor outbursts on Earth.
Births
Deaths
- Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, three times consul, executed by partisans of Sulla.
- Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, murdered by order of the younger Marius