Editing 88 BC

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Year '''88 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 Rufus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 666 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]''''') and the '''First Year of Houyuan'''. The denomination 88 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 ====
* The [[Social War (Italian)|Social War]] ends with the defeat of the Italian allies by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]].
* August: The consul [[Sulla|Lucius Cornelius Sulla]] becomes the first Roman commander to [[March on Rome (88 BC)|march on Rome]] with his army and to capture the city by force. This extraordinary act is prompted by his desire to maintain his proconsular command for the [[First Mithridatic War]] in [[Asia Minor]].<ref>Pompey, Command (p. 11). Nic Fields, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-84908-572-4}}</ref> Sulla then murdered his enemy [[P. Sulpicius Rufus]] and forced [[Gaius Marius]] to flee to [[Africa]].
* The [[Dardani]], [[Scordisci]], and the [[Maedi]] attack the Roman province of [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]].

==== Greece ====
* May &ndash; King [[Mithridates VI]] of [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]] invades [[Greece]]. Defeating the Roman forces four times in succession, he conquers [[Bithynia]], [[Phrygia]], [[Mysia]], [[Lycia]], [[Pamphylia]], [[Ionia]] and [[Cappadocia]]. The Roman province of [[Asia (Roman province)|Asia]] is dismantled. On the king's orders, the local authorities in every city of the province round up and [[Asiatic Vespers|put to death all resident Italians]] in a single day (App.''Mith''.§§85–91). Plutarch (Sulla 24.4) says that 150,000 are killed, other sources calculate a figure of 80,000 people.<ref>Pompey, Command (p. 39). Nic Fields, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1-84908-572-4}}</ref>

==== China ====
* [[Emperor Wu of Han]] makes preparations for the six-year-old [[Liu Fuling]] to be made Crown Prince and establishes [[Huo Guang]] as the future regent. The emperor executes Fuling's mother [[Lady Gouyi]] so that she cannot dominate the state while Fuling is a child emperor.<ref>{{cite book|first=Hing Ming|last= Hung|title=The Magnificent Emperor Wu: China's Han Dynasty|year= 2020|isbn=978-1628944167|pages= 237–239}}</ref>
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== Births ==

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== Deaths ==
* [[Demetrius III Eucaerus]], king of the [[Seleucid Empire]]
* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 96 BC)|Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]], Roman consul 
* [[Lady Gouyi]], mother of [[Emperor Zhao of Han|Zhao of Han]] (b. [[113 BC|113]])
* [[Manius Aquillius (consul 101 BC)|Manius Aquillius]], Roman consul and general
* [[Ptolemy X Alexander I]], king ([[pharaoh]]) of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]]
* [[Publius Sulpicius Rufus]], Roman [[tribune of the plebs]], murdered by Sulla
* [[Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur]], Roman consul
* [[Quintus Poppaedius Silo]], Italian tribe leader

== References ==
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