91 BC

__NOTOC__Year 91 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*Consuls: Sextus Julius Caesar and Lucius Marcius Philippus
*The tribune Marcus Livius Drusus proposes extending Roman citizenship to allied Italian cities, but is assassinated, leading to the Social War.

Asia

*Liu Ju, crown prince of the Han Dynasty, revolts against his father, Emperor Wu, and his witchcraft trials. After his rebellion fails, he hangs himself.
*Records of the Grand Historian compiled by Sima Qian.

Births

*Emperor Xuan of Han (d. 49 BC)

Deaths

* Nicomedes II, king of Bithynia
* Marcus Livius Drusus, murdered
* Lucius Licinius Crassus, Roman consul and orator (b. 140 BC)
* Liu Ju, crown prince of the Han Dynasty, suicide (b. 128 BC)
* Empress Wei Zifu