87 BC

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Centuries:	2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century
Decades:	110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC
Years:	90 BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC

87 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	87 BC
Ab urbe condita	667
Armenian calendar	N/A
Chinese calendar	2550/2610 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to — 2551/2611 (甲年)
Ethiopian calendar	-94 – -93
Hebrew calendar	3674 – 3675
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	-31 – -30
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3015 – 3016
Iranian calendar	708 BP – 707 BP
Islamic calendar	730 BH – 729 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 574 (皇紀574年)
- Jōmon Era	9914
Thai solar calendar	457

[edit] Events

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[edit] Rome

• Lucius Cornelius Cinna is elected consul of Rome, thus returning the rule of Rome back to the democrats.
• Sulla arrived in Greece against Mithridates.
• Ostia was razed by Marius

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[edit] Technology

• Antikythera mechanism manufactured.

[edit] Births

• Lucius Munatius Plancus, consul 42 BC. (approximate date)

[edit] Deaths

• Marcus Antonius Orator, Roman consul (executed by order of Marius and Cinna)
• Han Wudi, emperor of China
• Lucius Cornelius Merula, Roman priest (suicide)
• Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo, Roman general and father of Pompey the Great (disease)
• Publius Licinius Crassus, Roman consul, censor and father of Marcus Licinius Crassus (killed by Marians invading Rome)