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    • Source: 80 BC

      • Year 80 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sulla and Metellus Pius (or, less frequently, year 674 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 80 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




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      Roman Republic


      Quintus Sertorius re-enters Iberia with a tiny army (2,600 men) and opens a successful campaign against the Sullan forces.
      Battle of the Baetis River: A force of Populares exiles under Sertorius defeat the legal Roman army of Lucius Fulfidias in Hispania, starting the Sertorian War; Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius takes command on behalf of Sulla.
      Pompeii becomes the Roman colony Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompei when Sulla occupies the city with at least 4,000 soldier-colonizers.


      Egypt


      Ptolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexander II to the throne of Egypt.
      Ptolemy XI marries Berenice III, but murders his bride for unknown reasons.
      Alexandria comes under Roman jurisdiction.


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      Art


      Roman artists begin to extend the space of a room visually with painted scenes of figures on a shallow stage or with a landscape or cityscape.


      Literature


      Meleager publishes his Garland, the earliest known anthology of Greek poetry.


      Births


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


      Deaths


      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


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