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Events
By place
Rome
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Consuls:
Lucius Julius Caesar and
Publius Rutilius Lupus.
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Social War continues:
Pompeius Strabo and
Gaius Marius distinguish themselves.
★ The
Etruscans are granted
Roman citizenship.
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Corfinium in south-central
Italy is the center of a rebellion against Rome.
★ The ''
Lex Iulia'' grants citizenship to all
Italians who did not oppose Rome during the Social War.
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Cicero starts to serve in the Roman army.
Anatolia
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Nicomedes IV of Bithynia is defeated in battle by a coalition of Nicomedes' brother Socrates, and
Mithridates VI of Pontus. Nicomedes flees to Rome.
Births
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Aulus Hirtius, Roman politician and historian
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Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian (probable date)
Deaths
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Dionysios Trax, Greek linguist
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Antiochus X Eusebes, king of the
Seleucid Empire (approximate date)
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Sima Qian,
Chinese historian