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84 BCE

Battle of Cana: The Arab Nabataean Kingdom decisively defeats the Greek Seleucid Empire, slaying King Antiochus XII Dionysus, at modern-day Umm Qais in Jordan. The First Mithridatic War comes to an end. Julius Caesar marries Cornelia.

Conflict & Security

  • Battle of Cana: The Arab Nabataean Kingdom decisively defeats the Greek Seleucid Empire, slaying King Antiochus XII Dionysus, at modern-day Umm Qais in Jordan.source
  • The First Mithridatic War comes to an end.source

Culture & Society

  • Julius Caesar marries Corneliasource

Births

  • Catullus, Roman poet (approximate date) (d. c. 54 BC)source
  • Surena, Parthian general (d. 53 BC)source
  • Servilius Casca, Roman politician (d. c. 42 BC)source

Deaths

  • Antiochus XII Dionysus, king of the Seleucid Empire (killed in battle)source
  • Gaius Flavius Fimbria, Roman politician and general (suicide)source
  • Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Roman consul (killed by mutinying troops)source
  • Apellicon of Teos, Greek book collector (approximate date)source