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Year '''80 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Sulla and Metellus Pius''' (or, less frequently, '''year 674 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 80 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Quintus Sertorius]] re-enters [[Iberia]] with a tiny army (2,600 men) and opens a successful campaign against the Sullan forces.
* [[Battle of the Baetis River]]: A force of Populares exiles under Sertorius defeat the legal [[Roman army]] of Lucius Fulfidias in [[Hispania Citerior|Hispania]], starting the [[Sertorian War]]; [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius]] takes command on behalf of [[Sulla]].
* [[Pompeii]] becomes the Roman colony ''Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompei'' when Sulla occupies the city with at least 4,000 soldier-colonizers.<ref>{{cite book | first=John E. | last=Stambaugh | title=The Ancient Roman City | year=1988 | place=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | page=263 | isbn=0-8018-3574-7}}</ref>

==== Egypt ====
* [[Ptolemy XII]] Auletes succeeds [[Ptolemy XI Alexander II]] to the throne of [[History of Ptolemaic Egypt|Egypt]].
* Ptolemy XI marries [[Berenice III of Egypt|Berenice III]], but murders his bride for unknown reasons.
* [[Alexandria]] comes under Roman jurisdiction.

=== By topic ===

==== Art ====
* Roman artists begin to extend the space of a room visually with painted scenes of figures on a shallow [[Stage (theatre)|stage]] or with a [[landscape]] or [[cityscape]].

==== Literature ====
* [[Meleager of Gadara|Meleager]] publishes his ''Garland'', the earliest known anthology of [[Greek literature|Greek]] [[poetry]].
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== Births ==
*[[Scribonia (wife of Augustus)|Scribonia]], wife to the Roman Emperor [[Augustus]] (approximate date) (d. [[AD 16]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Berenice III of Egypt|Berenice III]], queen regnant of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]] (b. [[120 BC]])
* [[Caecilia Metella Dalmatica]], daughter of [[Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus]] (approximate date)
* [[Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus]], Greek [[freedman]]
* [[Ptolemy XI Alexander II]], king ([[pharaoh]]) of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]]
* [[Sang Hongyang]], Chinese politician of the [[Han dynasty]]
* [[Shangguan Jie]], Chinese politician of the Han dynasty
* [[Princess Eyi]], Han Chinese princess

== References ==
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