Decade · 89 BCE – 80 BCE
The world in the 80s BCE
From 89 BCE to 80 BCE the atlas holds 86 states standing at some time. 18 things began - Mithridatic Wars, First Mithridatic War and Second Mithridatic War among them - and 8 ended; 25 people were born and 18 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
- 89 BCE 10
What began in the 80s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 1
- Thracian kingdom · state · 87 BCE – 50 CE
Wars and battles 15
- Mithridatic Wars · war · 88 – 63 BCE
- First Mithridatic War · war · 89 – 85 BCE
- Second Mithridatic War · war · 83 – 81 BCE
- Battle of Chaeronea · battle · 86 BCE
- Sertorian War · war · 80 – 72 BCE
- Sulla's civil war · war · 83 – 81 BCE
- Battle of the Colline Gate · battle · 82 BCE
- Battle of Orchomenus · battle · 86 BCE
and 7 more in the atlas.
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Asiatic Vespers · atrocity · 88 BCE
Treaties 1
- Treaty of Dardanos · treaty · 85 BCE
What ended in the 80s BCE
States 1
- Italian city-states · state · 91 – 88 BCE
Wars and battles 7
- Social War · war · 91 – 88 BCE
- First Mithridatic War · war · 89 – 85 BCE
- Second Mithridatic War · war · 83 – 81 BCE
- Sulla's civil war · war · 83 – 81 BCE
- Sulla's first civil war · war · 88 – 86 BCE
- Siege of Athens and Piraeus · battle · 87 – 86 BCE
- Armenian–Parthian War · war · 87 – 85 BCE
Born and died
Born 25
- Catullus · poet · 84 – 54 BCE
- Mark Antony · politician · 83 – 30 BCE
- Vitruvius · engineer · 80 – 15 BCE
- Sallust · politician · 86 – 35 BCE
- Marcus Junius Brutus · philosopher · 85 – 42 BCE
- Vercingetorix · military personnel · 80 – 46 BCE
- Gaius Cassius Longinus · politician · 82 – 42 BCE
- Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus · military leader · 85 – 43 BCE
- Antigonus II Mattathias · ruler · 80 – 37 BCE
- Antiochus XIII Asiaticus · ruler · 85 – 64 BCE
- Atia · person · 85 – 43 BCE
- Juba I of Numidia · person · 85 – 46 BCE
- Surena · military officer · 84 – 52 BCE
- Antiochus I of Commagene · monarch · 86 – 38 BCE
- Lucius Munatius Plancus · military leader · 89 – 15 BCE
- Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus · politician · 89 – 43 BCE
and 9 more in the atlas.
Died 18
- Sima Qian · astronomer · 145 – 86 BCE
- Emperor Wu of Han · poet · 156 – 87 BCE
- Gaius Marius · military leader · 157 – 86 BCE
- Ptolemy IX Soter · ruler · 142 – 81 BCE
- Ptolemy X Alexander I · ruler · 139 – 88 BCE
- Lucius Cornelius Cinna · politician · 135 – 84 BCE
- Philip I Philadelphus · ruler · 125 – 83 BCE
- Quintus Lutatius Catulus · politician · 150 – 87 BCE
- Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo · politician · 135 – 87 BCE
- Marcus Antonius · politician · 143 – 87 BCE
- Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex · politician · 140 – 82 BCE
- Gaius Marius · politician · 108 – 82 BCE
- Marcus Aemilius Scaurus · politician · 162 – 88 BCE
- Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur · politician · 159 – 87 BCE
- Gnaeus Octavius · politician · 130 – 87 BCE
- Aulus Postumius Albinus · politician · 142 – 89 BCE
and 2 more in the atlas.
States of the 80s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 80s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 89 BCE.
Europe12 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Roman consul since 89 BCE and Lucius Porcius Cato, Roman consul since 89 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Roman consul since 89 BCE and Lucius Porcius Cato, Roman consul since 89 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 4 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 Asia18 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
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Shunga Empire · 185 – 75 BCE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
and 10 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia12 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor of China since 141 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 Wu of Han, Emperor of China since 141 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, 109 BCE – 60 BCE: every state, war and life of the 80s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 84 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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