83 BC

__NOTOC__Year 83 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

* Sulla returns to Italy from his campaigns in Greece, defeats the popular forces of Gaius Norbanus in the Battle of Mount Tifata.
* Lucius Licinius Murena, the Roman Governor of Asia, clashed with the Pontic forces of Mithridates VI, starting the Second Mithridatic War.
*A fire breaks out which burns down the Temple of Jupiter (Jupiter Capitolinus) and destroys the collection of Sibylline Books.

Births

* Mark Antony, Roman politician (approximate date) (d. 30 BC)
* Julia, daughter of Julius Caesar and Cornelia Cinna (approximate date) (d. 54 BC)

Deaths

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