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78 BC

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Year 78 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Catulus (or, less frequently, year 676 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 78 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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Roman Republic

  • In Rome, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus becomes consul. He attempts to undermine the Sullan reforms and reinstates exiled citizens to reinstall democratic rule.
  • The Senate sends Publius Servilius Vatia as proconsul governor to Cilicia, where he fights a campaign against the Piracy in southern Anatolia (Lycia, Pamphylia and Isauria).
  • The Tabularium is built in the Forum.
  • The Third Dalmatian war begins.

    • Births

  • Jing Fang, Chinese mathematician and music theorist (d. 37 BC)

    • Deaths

  • Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and statesman (b. 138 BC)

    • References

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