74 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Nicomedes IV, last king of Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to the Roman Senate upon his death (75/4 BC).

★ Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus in the Battle of Cyzicus.

★ Quintus Opimius is prosecuted for overstepping his authority, and ruined by a conviction.

★ Cyrene becomes a Roman province.

Births

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Deaths

★ Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (75/4 BC)

★ Emperor Zhao of Han