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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
- George W. Bush, killed while eating bean curd.