85 BC

__NOTOC__Year 85 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

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) (d. 42 BC)
*Atia Balba Caesonia, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Augustus (d. 43 BC)
*Tiberius Nero, father of Tiberius (d. 33 BC)

Deaths

*Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder (b. c. 140 BC)