Editing 83 BC (section)

=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]] returns to [[Italy]] from his campaigns in [[Ancient Greece|Greece]] and lands with his [[Roman legion|legions]] unopposed at [[Brindisi|Brundisium]]. He defeats the popular forces of [[Gaius Norbanus]] in the [[Battle of Mount Tifata]].
* [[Pompey|Gnaeus Pompeius]], age 22, raises, on his own initiative, a private army of three legions from his father's veterans and ''{{lang|la|clientelae}}'' in [[Picenum]].<ref>Nic Fields (2012). Osprey series: Command - Pompey, p. 7. {{ISBN|978-1-84908-572-4}}.</ref>
* [[Lucius Licinius Murena (propraetor in Asia)|Lucius Licinius Murena]], the [[Roman Republic|Roman]] governor of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]], clashes with the [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontic]] forces of [[Mithridates VI]], starting the [[Second Mithridatic War]].
* A fire breaks out which burns down the [[Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus|Temple of Jupiter]] (Jupiter Capitolinus) and destroys the collection of [[Sibylline Books]].
* Two new buildings were completed on the [[Capitoline Hill]] in Rome: the [[Temple of Jupitor Optimus Maximus]] and the [[Tabularium]].<ref>{{cite book | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | title=The Ancient Roman City | year=1988 | place=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | page=40 | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>
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