By place Roman Republic •
Nicomedes IV, last king of
Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to the
Roman Senate upon his death (75/4 BC). •
Third Mithridatic War:
Battle of Cyzicus:
Roman forces under
Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of
Mithridates VI of Pontus. •
Marcus Antonius (father of
Mark Antony), a
praetor, receives wide-ranging powers and considerable resources to fight the
pirates in the
Mediterranean Sea. •
Publius Servilius Vatia returns to
Rome, where he has triumphed against the pirates in
Anatolia, and is given the
agnomen Isauricus. •
Cyrene becomes a Roman province.
Spain •
Pamplona is founded. == Deaths ==