78 BC

Centuries:	2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades:	100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC
Years:	81 BC 80 BC 79 BC - 78 BC - 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC

78 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e

**78 BC in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	78 BC
Ab urbe condita	676
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1921 – -1920
Berber calendar	873
Buddhist calendar	467
Burmese calendar	-715
Chinese calendar	2559/2619 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年) — to — 2560/2620 ([[Sexagenary cycle\|]]年)
Coptic calendar	-361 – -360
Ethiopian calendar	-85 – -84
Hebrew calendar	3683 – 3684
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-22 – -21
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3024 – 3025
Holocene calendar	9923
Iranian calendar	699 BP – 698 BP
Islamic calendar	720 BH – 719 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2256
Thai solar calendar	466
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Year 78 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

In Rome, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is consul. He introduces a number of reforms and reinstates exiled citizens, thus attempting to reinstall democratic rule in Rome.
The Tabularium is built in the Forum.
P.Servilis, consul of the previous year, sets out on his proconsulship of Cicilia to clear the province of pirates.