97 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
| Decades: | 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC - 90s BC - 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC |
| Years: | 100 BC 99 BC 98 BC - 97 BC - 96 BC 95 BC 94 BC |
| 97 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 97 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 657 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1940 – -1939 |
| Berber calendar | 854 |
| Buddhist calendar | 448 |
| Burmese calendar | -734 |
| Chinese calendar | 2540/2600 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2541/2601(甲年) |
| Coptic calendar | -380 – -379 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -104 – -103 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3664 – 3665 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -41 – -40 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3005 – 3006 |
| Holocene calendar | 9904 |
| Iranian calendar | 718 BP – 717 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 740 BH – 739 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2237 |
| Thai solar calendar | 447 |
Year 97 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives
- C. Decianus, the prosecutor of Furius, is himself condemned for his remarks about the death of Saturninus.
- The Romans subdue the Maedi and Dardani.
- L. Domitius takes harsh measures to restore order in Sicily.
- The censors, Flaccus and Antonius, remove M. Duronius from the senate because of his opposition to sumptuary laws.
- A decree of the Roman senate bans human sacrifices.
- Sulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome.
[edit] Anatolia
- Ariarathes VIII is forced out of Cappadocia by Mithridates, and dies soon afterwards.
[edit] Middle East
- The birth of Saint Joseph, the father of Jesus. According to this account, Joseph was 92 years old when Jesus was born.
[edit] Asia
[edit] Births
- actress Galeria Copiola, who lived to be over 100 years old
