86 BC
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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC
Years: 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC - 86 BC - 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC
Events
- First Mithridatic War -
- * March 1, Sulla captured Athens from the Pontic army, removing the tyrant Aristion.
- * Lucius Licinius Lucullus decisively defeated the Mithridatic fleet in the Battle of Tenedos
- * The Roman forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla defeat the Pontic forces of Archelaus in the Battle of Chaeronea.
Births
Deaths
- January 13 - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician
- After March 1 - Aristion, philosopher and tyrant of Athens.
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