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This article concerns the period 79 BC – 70 BC.
Births
78 BC
77 BC
- Berenice IV Epiphaneia, Greek princess and queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom (d. 55 BC)
- Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar, editor of the Shan Hai Jing, compilator of the Lienü zhuan, and father of Liu Xin (d. 6 BC)
75 BC
- Calpurnia, Roman noblewoman and wife of Julius Caesar
- Gaius Asinius Pollio, Roman politician and poet (d. AD 4)
- Yuan of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 33 BC)
73 BC
- Herod the Great, client king of Judea (d. 4 BC)[1]
- Marcus Porcius Cato, assassin of Julius Caesar (d. 42 BC)
71 BC
- Wang Zhengjun, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty (d. AD 13)
70 BC
- October 15 – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
- Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)
- Crinagoras, Greek epigrammatist (d. 18 BC)
- Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (d. 8 BC)
Deaths
79 BC
78 BC
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and statesman (b. 138 BC)
77 BC
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman statesman and consul (b. 120 BC)
- Tian Qianqiu, Chinese politician and prime minister
- Titus Quinctius Atta, Roman comedy writer
- Vattagamani Abhaya, king of Sri Lanka
76 BC
- Alexander Jannaeus, king and high priest of Judea
75 BC
- Gaius Herennius, tribune of the plebs in 80 BC and legate to Quintus Sertorius during the Sertorian War, killed at the Battle of Valentia.
- Lucius Hirtuleius, right-hand-man of Quintus Sertorius during the Sertorian War, killed at the Battle of Saguntum.
- Gaius Memmius, brother-in-law of Pompey the Great, died at the Battle of Saguntum.
74 BC
- Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Roman philologist
- Lucius Octavius, Roman politician and consul
- Nicomedes IV (Philopator), king of Bithynia
- Zhao of Han, Chinese emperor (b. 94 BC)
73 BC
- Devabhuti, king of the Shunga Empire
- Gaius Aurelius Cotta, Roman statesman and orator
- Quintus Sertorius, leader of the Sertorian rebels during the Sertorian War
- Heli, king of Britain (approximate date)
72 BC
- Crixus, Gaulish gladiator and military leader
- Quintus Sertorius, leader of the Sertorian rebels during the Sertorian War
- Marcus Perperna Vento, lieutenant of Quintus Sertorius during the Sertorian War
71 BC
- Castus, Gallic gladiator and rebel leader
- Gannicus, Celtic gladiator and rebel leader
- Marcus Antonius Creticus, Roman politician (father of Mark Antony)
- Spartacus, Thracian gladiator and rebel leader (presumably killed in battle) (b. 109 BC)
- Xu Pingjun, Chinese empress of the Han dynasty
70 BC
- Mithridates I, king of Commagene
- Sanatruces (or Sanatruk), king of Parthia
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Herod | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1987). Rome:The Biography of a City. New York: Penguin. p. 20. ISBN 0-14-007078-8.