87 BC Chr.
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![]() While Sulla is at war in Asia Minor , ... |
![]() ... assumes Gaius Marius the power in Rome . |
87 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 457/458 (southern Buddhism); 456/457 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle , year of the wood-horse 甲午 ( at the beginning of the year water-snake 癸巳) |
Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 173rd Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3674/75 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXVII (667) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 224/225; Syria: 225/226 |
Events
Politics and world events
- Civil war in Rome: after Sulla's departure to Asia Minor , Gaius Marius takes power in Rome together with Lucius Cornelius Cinna .
- The siege of Athens in the First Mithridatic War by Sulla begins.
science and technology
- In two books, Philo von Larisa criticizes the skepticism prevailing in the Platonic Academy , but maintains its core ideas. This leads to a break with Antiochus of Ascalon , who has completely turned away from this current.
Born
- around 87 BC Chr .: Gaius Cassius Longinus , Roman politician († 42 BC )
- around 87 BC Chr .: Lucius Munatius Plancus , Roman politician († around 15 BC )
Died
- March 29 : Han Wudi , Chinese Emperor (* 156 BC )
- Marcus Antonius Orator , Roman politician (* 143 BC )
- Lucius Cornelius Merula , Roman politician
- Gaius Iulius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus , Roman politician (* around 130 BC )
- Lucius Iulius Caesar , Roman politician (* around 135 BC )
- Publius Licinius Crassus , Roman politician
- Quintus Lutatius Catulus , Roman politician
- Quintus Mucius Scaevola , Roman politician (* around 170 BC )
- Gnaeus Octavius , Roman politician
- Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo , Roman politician
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