74 BC

__NOTOC__Year 74 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

* Nicomedes IV, last king of Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to the Roman Senate upon his death (75/4 BC).
*Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus in the Battle of Cyzicus.
*Quintus Opimius is prosecuted for overstepping his authority, and ruined by a conviction.
*Cyrene becomes a Roman province.

pain

*Pamplona is founded.

Births

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Deaths

*Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (75/4 BC)
*Emperor Zhao of Han (b. 94 BC)