Editing 1st century BC (section)

===70s BC===
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[[File:Huo guang.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Huo Guang]]]]
[[File:Tigran Mets.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tigranes the Great]]]]
* [[77 BC]]: [[Fu Jiezi]] assassinated the king of [[Loulan Kingdom|Loulan]] on behalf of the [[Han dynasty]].
* c.[[75 BC]]: [[Kanva dynasty]] replaces the [[Shunga dynasty]] in [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]].
* [[74 BC]]: [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]] disputes [[Nicomedes IV of Bithynia]]'s bequest of his kingdom to the [[Roman Republic]], beginning the [[Third Mithridatic War]].
* [[74 BC]]: [[Emperor Zhao of Han]] dies and is succeeded by the unsuitable [[Prince He of Changyi]] and then by [[Emperor Xuan of Han|Xuan]]. [[Huo Guang]] continues to be ''de facto'' ruler of [[Han dynasty|China]].
* [[73 BC]]: a slave rebellion led by the escaped gladiator [[Spartacus]] leads to the [[Third Servile War]].<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[73 BC|73]]-[[72 BC]]: [[Lucius Licinius Lucullus (consul 74 BC)|Lucullus]] defeats Mithridates at [[Battle of Tenedos|Tenedos]], [[Siege of Cyzicus|Cyzicus]], and the [[Battle of the Rhyndacus (72 BC)|Rhyndacus]] and he flees east to [[Artaxiad dynasty|Armenia]]
* [[71 BC]]: [[Pompey the Great]] ends the [[Sertorian War]] (restoring Roman control of [[Hispania]]) and the [[Third Servile War]] (restoring Roman control of southern Italy).<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[71 BC]]: [[Wusun]] and [[Han dynasty|China]] attack the [[Xiongnu]].