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80 BCE

Quintus Sertorius re-enters Iberia with a tiny army (2,600 men) and opens a successful campaign against the Sullan forces. Roman artists begin to extend the space of a room visually with painted scenes of figures on a shallow stage or with a landscape or cityscape. Ptolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexander II to the throne of Egypt.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Alexandria comes under Roman jurisdiction.source
  • Ptolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexander II to the throne of Egypt.source

Conflict & Security

  • Battle of the Baetis River: A force of Populares exiles under Sertorius defeat the legal Roman army of Lucius Fulfidias in Hispania, starting the Sertorian War; Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius takes command on behalf of Sulla.source
  • Quintus Sertorius re-enters Iberia with a tiny army (2,600 men) and opens a successful campaign against the Sullan forces.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Pompeii becomes the Roman colony Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompei when Sulla occupies the city with at least 4,000 soldier-colonizers.source

Crime & Justice

  • Ptolemy XI marries Berenice III, but murders his bride for unknown reasons.source
  • Roman artists begin to extend the space of a room visually with painted scenes of figures on a shallow stage or with a landscape or cityscape.source

Culture & Society

  • Meleager publishes his Garland, the earliest known anthology of Greek poetry.source

Births

  • Scribonia, wife to the Roman Emperor Augustus (approximate date) (d. AD 16)source

Deaths

  • Caecilia Metella Dalmatica, daughter of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus (approximate date)source
  • Berenice III, queen regnant of Egypt (b. 120 BC)source
  • Shangguan Jie, Chinese politician of the Han dynastysource
  • Princess Eyi, Han Chinese princesssource
  • Ptolemy XI Alexander II, king (pharaoh) of Egyptsource
  • Sang Hongyang, Chinese politician of the Han dynastysource
  • Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus, Greek freedmansource