85 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
| Decades: | 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC |
| Years: | 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC - 85 BC - 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC |
| 85 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 85 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 669 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1928 – -1927 |
| Berber calendar | 866 |
| Buddhist calendar | 460 |
| Burmese calendar | -722 |
| Chinese calendar | 2552/2612 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2553/2613([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -368 – -367 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -92 – -91 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3676 – 3677 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -29 – -28 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3017 – 3018 |
| Holocene calendar | 9916 |
| Iranian calendar | 706 BP – 705 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 728 BH – 727 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2249 |
| Thai solar calendar | 459 |
Year 85 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- First Mithridatic War — Lucius Cornelius Sulla again defeats Archelaus in the decisive Battle of Orchomenus.
[edit] Births
- Marcus Junius Brutus, conspirator and assassin in the murder of Julius Caesar (approximate date)
- Atia Balba Caesonia, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Augustus (d. 43 BC)
- Tiberius Nero, father of Tiberius
[edit] Deaths
- Gaius Julius Caesar the Elder.
- Sima Qian, Chinese historian (approximate date).
