85 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ First Mithridatic War — Lucius Cornelius Sulla again defeats Archelaus in the decisive Battle of Orchomenus.

Births

★ Marcus Junius Brutus, conspirator and assassin in the murder of Julius Caesar (approximate date)

★ Atia Balba Caesonia, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Augustus (d. 43 BC)

★ Tiberius Nero, father of Tiberius

Deaths

★ Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder.

★ Sima Qian, Chinese historian (approximate date).