83 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

83 BC Chr.
83 BC In other calendars
Buddhist calendar	461/462 (southern Buddhism); 460/461 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	43rd (44th) cycle , year of the earth-dog 戊戌 ( at the beginning of the year fire-rooster 丁酉)
Greek calendar	1./2. Year of the 174th Olympiad
Jewish calendar	3678/79
Roman calendar	from urbe condita DCLXXI (671)
Seleucid era	Babylon: 228/229; Syria: 229/230

Events

Politics and world events

Gnaeus Pompeius ( Copenhagen )

• Spring - In the Roman Empire , Lucius Sulla sets out for Italy with 40,000 soldiers and 1,600 warships . After landing in the Apulian city ​​of Brundisium (today: Brindisi ), he had his attack formations formed. In Rome the army of consuls organized against Sulla, the young Gnaeus Pompeius became one of Sulla's most important followers.
• 2nd Mithridatic War : 83 BC BC - 81 BC BC : The Roman governor in Asia Minor declares war on Pontus in order to expand his territory . But Pontus repels the invasion.

science and technology

• The on November 7th ^jul. The lunar eclipse that begins in Egypt around 3:45 a.m. falls on the 26th of Achet II in the Egyptian calendar . The ancient Egyptian New Year celebrations on 1st Achet I begin with sunrise on September 13th ^July. .

Born

• around 83 BC Chr .: Areios , Egyptian philosopher († 14 AD)

Died

• Philip I Philadelphos , King of the Seleucid Empire (* around 115 BC)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NASA: Moon data ( Memento from October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).