Decade · 79 BCE – 70 BCE
The world in the 70s BCE
From 79 BCE to 70 BCE the atlas holds 86 states standing at some time. 9 things began - Third Servile War, Kanva dynasty and Third Mithridatic War among them - and 5 ended; 17 people were born and 6 died, 2 of all these dated only to the decade.
What began in the 70s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Kanva dynasty · state · 70 – 25 BCE
Wars and battles 8
- Third Servile War · war · 73 – 71 BCE
- Third Mithridatic War · war · 73 – 63 BCE
- Battle of the Silarius River · battle · 71 BCE
- Battle of Cabira · battle · 72 BCE
- Battle of Mount Vesuvius · battle · 73 BCE
- Siege of Cyzicus · battle · 73 BCE
- Battle of Chalcedon · battle · 74 BCE
- Battle of Monte Gargano · battle · 72 BCE
What ended in the 70s BCE
States 2
- Bithynia · state · 297 – 74 BCE
- Shunga Empire · state · 185 – 75 BCE
Wars and battles 3
- Third Servile War · war · 73 – 71 BCE
- Servile Wars · war · 135 – 71 BCE
- Sertorian War · war · 80 – 72 BCE
Born and died
Born 17
- Virgil · poet · 70 – 19 BCE
- Herod the Great · monarch · 74 – 4 BCE
- Gaius Maecenas · politician · 70 – 8 BCE
- Berenice IV · politician · 77 – 55 BCE
- Orodes II · person · 71 – 38 BCE
- Fulvia · person · 77 – 40 BCE
- Gaius Asinius Pollio · politician · 76 BCE – 4 CE
- Julia · person · 73 – 54 BCE
- Calpurnia · writer · 76 – 44 BCE
- Emperor Yuan of Han · monarch · 75 – 33 BCE
- Scribonia · person · 70 BCE – 16 CE
- Liu Xiang · astronomer · 77 – 6 BCE
- Gaius Sosius · politician · 79 – 61 BCE
- Potitus Valerius Messalla · politician · 70 – 17 BCE
- Pompeia Magna · person · 71 – 35 BCE
- Lucius Cornelius Cinna · politician · 77 – 21 BCE
and 1 more in the atlas.
Died 6
- Spartacus · military leader · 103 – 71 BCE
- Sulla · military leader · 138 – 78 BCE
- Alexander Jannaeus · politician · 127 – 76 BCE
- Emperor Zhao of Han · monarch · 94 – 74 BCE
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus · politician · 120 – 77 BCE
- Gaius Aurelius Cotta · politician · 124 – 73 BCE
States of the 70s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 70s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 79 BCE.
Europe11 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Roman consul since 79 BCE and Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman consul since 79 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, Roman consul since 79 BCE and Appius Claudius Pulcher, Roman consul since 79 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Lazica · 101 BCE – 700 CE
- Tauri · 600 BCE – 100 CE
and 3 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa36 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
and 28 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia19 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE · Maues, King since 85 BCE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE · Devabhuti, Sunga emperor since 83 BCE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
and 11 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia12 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Zhao of Han, Emperor of China since 87 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Zhao of Han, Emperor of China since 87 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
- Jinhan confederacy · 91 BCE – 377 CE
- Byeonhan confederacy · 201 BCE – 400 CE
and 4 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown6 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Shanshan · 92 BCE – 445 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 99 BCE – 50 BCE: every state, war and life of the 70s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 74 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.