97 BC

__NOTOC__Year 97 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*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.
*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.

Asia

*Sujin becomes emperor of Japan (probable date)

Births

*actress Galeria Copiola, who lived to be over 100 years old

Deaths

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