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94 BCE

Approximate date – Nicomedes IV succeeds his father Nicomedes III as king of Bithynia. The Shakas start to control northwest India. Lucius Cornelius Sulla is elected praetor urbanus.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Consuls: Gaius Coelius Caldus and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.source

Conflict & Security

  • The Shakas start to control northwest India.source

Crime & Justice

  • Lucius Cornelius Sulla is elected praetor urbanus.source

Culture & Society

  • Approximate date – Nicomedes IV succeeds his father Nicomedes III as king of Bithynia.source
  • The first (failed) attempt to open a Latin rhetorical school.source

Births

  • Zhao of Han, Chinese emperor (d. 74 BC)source