89 BC

__NOTOC__Year 89 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*Consuls: Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato
*Social War:
**Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels in the Battle of Fucine Lake, Cato is killed.
**The Roman army of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels in the Battle of Asculum.
*"Lex Plautia Papiria" extends citizenship to all Italians who applied for it within 60 days. The new citizens are enrolled in eight designated tribes, to prevent domination of the assemblies.
*"Lex Pompeia" grants Latin rights to cities in Cisalpine Gaul.
*Cicero ends his service in the Roman army.

Anatolia

*Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Bithynia and Cappadocia, thus the First Mithridatic War begins.

Births

* Empress Shangguan, wife to Emperor Zhao of Han (d. 37 BC)

Deaths

* Aulus Sempronius Asellio, Roman praetor (murdered by creditors)
* Titus Didius, killed in battle during the Social War
* Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Roman politician (b. c. 163 BC)