77 BC
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Year 77 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
Roman calendar
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. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Brutus and Lepidus (or, less frequently, year 677 Ab urbe condita
Ab urbe condita
Ab urbe condita is Latin for "from the founding of the City ", traditionally set in 753 BC. AUC is a year-numbering system used by some ancient Roman historians to identify particular Roman years...

). The denomination 77 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini
Anno Domini
and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars....

 calendar era
Calendar era
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 became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Roman Republic

  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus may refer to:* Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , consul in 232 BC and 221 BC, and augur* Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , consul in 187 BC and 175 BC, Pontifex Maximus 180–152 BC, and censor...

    , consul
    Consul
    Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...

     and leader
    Leader
    A leader is one who influences or leads others.Leader may also refer to:- Newspapers :* Leading article, a piece of writing intended to promote an opinion, also called an editorial* The Leader , published 1909–1967...

     of the democratic party, is defeated by Quintus Lutatius Catulus
    Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Capitolinus)
    Quintus Lutatius Catulus , sometimes called "Capitolinus", was a politician in the late Roman Republic. His father was the like-named Quintus Lutatius Catulus , also a politician.-Biography:...

     outside Rome
    Rome
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    , and the remnants of the rebels are wiped out by Gnaeus Pompeius
    Pompey
    Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey or Pompey the Great , was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic...

     in Etruria
    Etruria
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    .
  • Pompeius marches to Spain
    Spain
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     to join with Quintus Metellus Pius to suppress the revolt of Quintus Sertorius
    Quintus Sertorius
    Quintus Sertorius was a Roman statesman and general, born in Nursia, in Sabine territory. His brilliance as a military commander was shown most clearly in his battles against Rome for control of Hispania...

    , but is generally unsuccessful.
  • The city of Tigranakert
    Tigranakert
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     is built.


Births

  • Liu Xiang
    Liu Xiang (author)
    Liu Xiang , born Liu Gengsheng , courtesy name Zizheng , was a famous Confucian scholar of the Han Dynasty. He was born in Xuzhou and related to Liu Bang, the founder of the Han dynasty...

    , Chinese scholar, editor of the Shan Hai Jing
    Shan Hai Jing
    Shan Hai Jing is a Chinese classic text, and a compilation of early geography and myth. Versions of the text have existed since the 4th century BC, and by the early Han Dynasty it had reached its final form. It is largely a fabled geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a...

    , compilator of the Lienü zhuan
    Lienü zhuan
    The Lienü Zhuan is a ca. 18 BCE book compiled by the famous Han Dynasty scholar Liu Xiang. It includes 125 biographical accounts of women exemplars in early China, taken from Chinese histories like the Chun Qiu, Zuo Zhuan, and Shiji...

    , and father of Liu Xin
    Liu Xin
    Liu Xin , later changed name to Liu Xiu , courtesy name Zijun , was a Chinese astronomer, historian, and editor during the Xin Dynasty . He was the son of Confucian scholar Liu Xiang and an associate of other prominent thinkers such as the philosopher Huan Tan...

     (died 6 BC
    6 BC
    Year 6 BC was a common year starting on Sunday or Monday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...

    )
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