Editing 87 BC (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Lucius Cornelius Cinna]] is elected [[Roman consul|consul]] of [[Rome]], thus returning the rule of Rome back to the populares faction.
* [[Sulla]] arrives in [[Greece]] and besieges [[Athens]]. He orders [[Lucullus|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]] to raise a fleet from Rome's allies around the eastern Mediterranean.
* [[Ostia Antica (archaeological site)|Ostia]] is razed by [[Gaius Marius]] as he comes back from [[Africa]] with an army to take Rome by force.

==== China ====
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Emperor Wu of Han]] dies after a 54-year reign in which he leads the [[Han dynasty]] ([[China]]) through its greatest expansion. The Empire's borders span from modern [[Kyrgyzstan]] in the west, to [[Mongolia]] in the north, to [[Korea]] in the east, and to northern [[Vietnam]] in the south.
* [[March 30]] &ndash; The eight-year-old [[Liu Fuling]] becomes emperor, with [[Huo Guang]] General-in-Chief and regent.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|page= 239|publisher= Algora}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Technology ====
* [[Antikythera mechanism]] manufactured.
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