90 BC

Year 90 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Lupus (or, less frequently, year 664 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 90 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC
Years:	93 BC 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC

90 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	90 BC LXXXIX BC
Ab urbe condita	664
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 234
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy X Alexander, 18
Ancient Greek era	172nd Olympiad, year 3
Assyrian calendar	4661
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−682
Berber calendar	861
Buddhist calendar	455
Burmese calendar	−727
Byzantine calendar	5419–5420
Chinese calendar	庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 2607 or 2547     — to — 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 2608 or 2548
Coptic calendar	−373 – −372
Discordian calendar	1077
Ethiopian calendar	−97 – −96
Hebrew calendar	3671–3672
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−33 – −32
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3011–3012
Holocene calendar	9911
Iranian calendar	711 BP – 710 BP
Islamic calendar	733 BH – 732 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2244
Minguo calendar	2001 before ROC 民前2001年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1557
Seleucid era	222/223 AG
Thai solar calendar	453–454
Tibetan calendar	阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 37 or −344 or −1116     — to — 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 38 or −343 or −1115

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Consuls: Lucius Julius Caesar and Publius Rutilius Lupus.
• Social War continues: Pompeius Strabo and Gaius Marius distinguish themselves.
• The Etruscans are granted Roman citizenship.
• Corfinium in south-central Italy is the center of a rebellion against Rome.
• The Lex Iulia grants citizenship to all Italians who did not oppose Rome during the Social War.
• Cicero starts to serve in the Roman army.

Asia Minor

• Nicomedes IV of Bithynia is defeated in battle by a coalition of Nicomedes' brother Socrates, and Mithridates VI of Pontus. Nicomedes flees to Rome.

Births

• Aulus Hirtius, Roman politician and historian (d. 43 BC)
• Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian (approximate date)
• Pasherienptah III, Egyptian high priest (d. 41 BC)

Deaths

• Antiochus X Eusebes, Seleucid king (approximate date)
• Dionysios Trax, Greek grammarian (b. 170 BC)
• Li Yannian, Chinese musician (executed by Wu of Han)
• Pharnajom, king of Iberia (modern Georgia)

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