88 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: 93 BC 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC - 88 BC - 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC
Events
- The Social War ends with the defeat of the Italian allies by the Romans.
- The First Roman Civil War starts with democratic uprising led by Marius, but the democrats under the tribune P. Sulpicius Rufus were crushed by the conservatives under Sulla. Marius fled to Africa.
- First Civil War in Rome, between Marius and Sulla. Some Italian cities are destroyed: for instance, Feorlì, rebuilt by the praetor Livius Clodius afterwards.
- Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Greece.
Births
Deaths
- Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Roman politician
- Publius Sulpicius Rufus, Roman tribune
- Mithridates II of Parthia
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