75 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

By topic

Literature

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ In Rome, the tribune Quintus Opimius speaks out against Sullan restrictions on the tribunate, in orations noted for sarcasm against conservatives.

★ Cicero is quaestor in Rome.

★ Nicomedes IV of Bithynia bequeathed his kingdom to Rome on his death (75/4 BC), angry by the arrangement, Mithridates VI of Pontus declared war on Rome and invaded Bithynia, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, thus starting the Third Mithridatic War.

★ Third Mithridatic War — M. Aurelius Cotta was defeated by Mithridates in the Battle of Chalcedon.

By topic

Literature

★ Start of Golden Age of Latin Literature.

Births

★ Emperor Yuan of Han

Deaths

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