Editing 1st century BC (section)

===80s BC===
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[[File:Mithridates VI Louvre.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mithridates VI of Pontus]]]]
[[File:MauesBuddhaCoin.JPG|thumb|upright|Coin of [[Maues]]]]
[[File:Roman_bust_of_a_Dacian_tarabostes,_Hermitage,_St_Petersburg,_Russia_-_20070614.jpg|thumb|alt=Burebista|Dacian king [[Burebista]]]]
* [[89 BC]]: [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]]'s invasion of [[Kingdom of Cappadocia|Cappadocia]] leads to the [[First Mithridatic War]] with the [[Roman Republic]].
* [[89 BC]]: [[Valagamba]] of [[Anuradhapura]] gains control of all of [[Sri Lanka]]
* [[88 BC]]: 80,000 Roman civilians killed in the [[Asiatic Vespers]] in [[Asia Minor]] 
* [[87 BC]]: [[Emperor Wu of Han]] dies and is succeeded by his eight-year-old son [[Emperor Zhao of Han|Zhao]], with [[Jin Midi]], [[Shangguang Jie]] and [[Huo Guang]] as regents.
* [[88 BC]]: [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla|Sulla]] becomes the first Roman general in history to march on Rome<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[87 BC]]: [[Bellum Octavianum|Civil war]] between the Roman consuls [[Lucius Cornelius Cinna|Cornelius Cinna]] and [[Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC)|Octavius]]
* [[86 BC]]: [[Siege of Athens and Piraeus (87–86 BC)|Siege of Athens]] ends with Roman conquest of [[Athens]].<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[86 BC]]: the death of the regent of [[Han dynasty|China]] [[Jin Midi]] unleashes the rivalry of his co-regents [[Shangguang Jie]] and [[Huo Guang]].
* [[85 BC]]: Sulla defeats the forces of [[Mithridates VI Eupator|Mithridates VI]] in Greece at the [[Battle of Orchomenus]]
* [[85 BC]]: [[Aretas III]] of the [[Nabataeans]] conquers [[Damascus]].
* [[83 BC]]: Sulla makes peace with Mithridates VI and [[Sulla's civil war|marches on Rome]].
* [[83 BC|83]]-[[81 BC]]: [[Lucius Licinius Murena (triumphator)|Lucius Licinius Murena]] wages the [[Second Mithridatic War]].<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[82 BC]]: [[Quintus Sertorius|Sertorius]] flees from Sulla to North Africa via [[Hispania]]
* [[82 BC]]: The [[Dacia|Dacian]] king [[Burebista]] comes to power and unites the Dacian tribes
* c.[[83 BC]]: [[Tigranes the Great|Tigranes]] of [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]] takes control of [[Syria]] after the implosion of the [[Seleucid dynasty]].
* [[81 BC]]: [[Sulla]] is appointed [[Roman dictator|dictator]] of the Roman state, and brings about [[Constitutional reforms of Sulla|major reforms]].<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[80 BC]]: [[Quintus Sertorius|Sertorius]] invades [[Hispania]] and sets up his own regime, beginning the [[Sertorian War]] (80-72).<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[80 BC]]: conflict between the regents [[Shangguang Jie]] and [[Huo Guang]] results in the destruction of the [[Shangguang]] clan and [[Huo Guang]] becoming the ''de facto'' ruler of [[Han dynasty|China]].
* c.[[80 BC]]: [[Maues]], King of the [[Sakas]], conquers [[Gandhara]] and [[Taxila]].