80 BC

80 BC

__NOTOC__Year 80 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

*Battle of the Baetis RiverDemocratic rebel forces under Quintus Sertorius defeat the legal Roman forces of Lucius Fulfidias in Spain, starting the Sertorian War, Quintus Metellus Pius takes command on behalf of Sulla.

Egypt

*Ptolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexandros II to the throne of Egypt.
*Alexandria comes under Roman jurisdiction.

By topic

Literature

*Meleager publishes his "Garland", the earliest known anthology of Greek poetry.

Births

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Deaths

* Caecilia Metella Dalmatica


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