80 BC

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

Events

By place

Rome

*Battle of the Baetis River — Democratic 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