Editing 83 BC

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[[File:Sulla Glyptothek Munich 309.jpg|thumb|[[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]]]]
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Year '''83 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 Asiaticus and Norbanus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 671 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 83 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 ====
* 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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== Births ==
* [[Fulvia]], Roman matron and wife of Mark Antony (approximate date)
* [[Julia (daughter of Julius Caesar)|Julia]], daughter of [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Cornelia (wife of Caesar)|Cornelia]]<ref>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=128 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* [[Mark Antony]], Roman politician and General (who later married [[Cleopatra]]) (approximate date) (d. [[30 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Philip I Philadelphus]], Seleucid king (approximate date)

== References ==
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