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Events

By place

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.

Anatolia

• Mithridates VI of Pontus invades Bithynia and Cappadocia, thus the First Mithridatic War begins.

Births

Deaths

• Aulus Sempronius Asellio, Roman praetor (murdered by creditors)
• Titus Didius, killed in battle during the Social War

• 89 BC