79 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

79 BC Chr.
The Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla withdraws from politics.	The Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy XII. marries his sister Cleopatra VI.
79 BC Chr. In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	465/466 (southern Buddhism); 464/465 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	43rd (44th) cycle , year of the water tiger壬寅 ( at the beginning of the year metal buffalo 辛丑)
Greek calendar	1./2. Year of the 175th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3682/83
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DCLXXV (675)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 232/233; Syria: 233/234

Events

• The Roman dictator Sulla withdraws from politics and lives as a private citizen on his estate on the Gulf of Naples .
• The Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy XII. marries his sister Cleopatra VI.