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Centuries: 2nd century BCE - 1st century BCE - 1st century

Decades: 130s BCE 50s BCE 40s BC 30s BC

Years: 85 BCE 84 BCE 83 BCE 82 BCE 81 BCE - 80 BCE - 79 BCE 78 BCE 77 BCE 76 BCE 75 BCE

Events

• Battle of the Baetis River - Democratic rebel forces under Quintus Sertorius defeat the legal Roman forces of Lucius Fulfidias in Spain, starting the Sertorian War, Quintus Metellus Pius takes command on behalf of Sulla
• Alexandria comes under Roman jurisdiction
• Meleager publishes his Garland, the earliest known anthology of Greek poetry.

Births

Deaths

• Berenice II, queen of Egypt.

• 80 BCE