97 BC
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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC - 90s BC - 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC
Years: 102 BC 101 BC 100 BC 99 BC 98 BC - 97 BC - 96 BC 95 BC 94 BC 93 BC 92 BC
Events
- Roman Republic
- *Consuls: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives
- *C. Decianus, the prosecutor of Furius, is himself condemned for his remarks about the death of Saturninus.
- *The Romans subdue the Maedi and Dardani.
- *L. Domitius takes harsh measures to restore order in Sicily.
- *The censors, Flaccus and Antonius, remove M. Duronius from the senate because of his opposition to sumptuary laws.
- *A decree of the Roman senate bans human sacrifices.
- *L. Sulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome.
- Anatolia
- *Ariarathes VIII is forced out of Cappadocia by Mithridates, and dies soon afterwards.
- Middle East
- *The birth of Saint Joseph, the father of Jesus. According to this account, Joseph was 92 years old when Jesus was born.
Births
- actress Galeria Copiola, who lived to be over 100 years old.
Deaths
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