84 BC
year
Year 84 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Carbo and Cinna (or, less frequently, year 670 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 84 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.
Events
By place
Asia
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.
Roman Republic
The First Mithridatic War comes to an end.
Julius Caesar marries Cornelia
Births
Catullus, Roman poet (approximate date) (d. c. 54 BC)
Servilius Casca, Roman politician (d. c. 42 BC)
Surena, Parthian general (d.
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