89 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: | 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC - 89 BC - 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC |
| 89 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 89 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 665 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1932 – -1931 |
| Berber calendar | 862 |
| Buddhist calendar | 456 |
| Burmese calendar | -726 |
| Chinese calendar | 2548/2608 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2549/2609([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -372 – -371 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -96 – -95 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3672 – 3673 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -33 – -32 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3013 – 3014 |
| Holocene calendar | 9912 |
| Iranian calendar | 710 BP – 709 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 732 BH – 731 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2245 |
| Thai solar calendar | 455 |
Year 89 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato
- Social War:
- Roman forces under Lucius Porcius Cato are defeated by the Italian rebels in the Battle of Fucine Lake, Cato is killed.
- The Roman army of Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo decisively defeats the rebels in the Battle of Asculum.
- Lex Plautia Papiria extends citizenship to all Italians who applied for it within 60 days. The new citizens are enrolled in eight designated tribes, to prevent domination of the assemblies.
- Lex Pompeia grants Latin rights to cities in Cisalpine Gaul.
- Cicero ends his service in the Roman army.
[edit] Anatolia
- Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Bithynia and Cappadocia, thus the First Mithridatic War begins.
[edit] Births
- Empress Shangguan, wife to Emperor Zhao of Han
[edit] Deaths
- Aulus Sempronius Asellio, Roman praetor (murdered by creditors)
- Titus Didius, killed in battle during the Social War
- Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, Roman politician

