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Year 89 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Strabo and Cato (or, less frequently, year 665 Ab urbe condita ) and the Fourth Year of Zhenghe .
Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (c. 135 – 87 BC) was a Roman general and politician, who served as consul in 89 BC. He is often referred to in English as Pompey Strabo, to distinguish him from his son, the famous Pompey the Great, or from Strabo the geographer. Strabo, the cognomen, means "cross eyed".
The First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC) was a war challenging the Roman Republic's expanding empire and rule over the Greek world. In this conflict, the Kingdom of Pontus and many Greek cities rebelling against Roman rule were led by Mithridates VI of Pontus against Rome and the allied Kingdom of Bithynia.
89 BC births (1 P) D. 89 BC deaths (6 P) Pages in category "89 BC" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Lucius Porcius Cato was a son of Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus. [1] He was elected praetor in 92 BC. [1] In 90 BC, during the Social War, he was given a propraetoral command and defeated an Etruscan army which had joined the revolt. [2] [3] He was elected consul in 89 BC, alongside Pompey Strabo, and took over the southern command from Lucius ...
The Battle of Asculum was fought in 89 BC during the Social War between Rome and its former Italian allies. The Romans were led by Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo , and were victorious over the rebels. [ 1 ] The future Consul Publius Ventidius was said to have been captured as a youth at this battle and displayed in a Triumph at Rome.
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The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero ; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1".