88 BC Chr.
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| 88 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 456/457 (southern Buddhism); 455/456 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle , year of the water snake 癸巳 ( at the beginning of the year water dragon 壬辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 172nd / 1st year of the 173rd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3673/74 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXVI (666) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 223/224; Syria: 224/225 |
Events
Politics and world events
- In Asia Minor , on the orders of Mithridates VI. about 80,000 Romans murdered ( Vespers of Ephesus ). This is the occasion for the 1st Mithridatic War . The cause was excessive taxes and tribute payments to the Roman Empire . Because of the severe weakening of the Roman army , the demands are temporarily suspended. This leads to a shortage of money in Rome , and massive hoardings set in , which bring the circulation of money and thus the economy to an almost complete standstill. As a result, there are repeated wars, which are seen as the only possibility for economic recovery.
- Beginning of the Mithridatic War : Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus , unites with the Anatolian pirate states to drive the Romans out of Anatolia.
- Sulla's troops conquer Rome . He officiates as dictator rei publicae constituendae .
- The Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy X fell while trying to conquer Cyprus . He is succeeded by his older brother Ptolemy IX. , which was also its predecessor.
science and technology
- The head of the Platonic Academy , Philo of Larisa , flees to Rome with some of his students from the tyranny in Athens .
Born
- around 88 BC Chr .: Cornelia Fausta , Roman noblewoman
- around 88 BC Chr .: Faustus Cornelius Sulla , Roman politician († 46 BC )
Died
- Marcus Aemilius Scaurus the Elder , politician of the Roman Republic (* around 163 BC )
- Demetrios III. , King of the Seleucid Empire (* around 115 BC )
- Mithridates II , Parthian king
- Quintus Pompeius Rufus , Roman politician
- Quintus Pompeius Rufus , Roman politician, Caesar's father-in-law
- Quintus Poppaedius Silo , general of the Italians in the alliance war
- Ptolemy X , Egyptian Pharaoh
- Publius Sulpicius Rufus , Roman politician (* around 121 BC )
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