96 BC
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC – 90s BC – 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC |
| Years: | 99 BC 98 BC 97 BC – 96 BC – 95 BC 94 BC 93 BC |
| 96 BC by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 96 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 658 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 228 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy X Alexander, 12 |
| Ancient Greek era | 171st Olympiad (victor)¹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 4655 |
| Bengali calendar | −688 |
| Berber calendar | 855 |
| Buddhist calendar | 449 |
| Burmese calendar | −733 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5413–5414 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 2601 or 2541 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 2602 or 2542 |
| Coptic calendar | −379 – −378 |
| Discordian calendar | 1071 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −103 – −102 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3665–3666 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −39 – −38 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3006–3007 |
| Holocene calendar | 9905 |
| Iranian calendar | 717 BP – 716 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 739 BH – 738 BH |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2238 |
| Minguo calendar | 2007 before ROC 民前2007年 |
| Seleucid era | 216/217 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 447–448 |
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Year 96 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Longinus (or, less frequently, year 658 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 96 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
By place
Roman Republic
- Consuls: Gaius Cassius Longinus and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
- Cyrene is left to the people of Rome by its ruler Ptolemy Apion.
Greece
- Seleucus VI Epiphanes becomes king of the Seleucid Empire following the death of his father Antiochus VIII Grypus, and defeating in battle Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
Asia
- Start of the Taishi era in the Han Dynasty.
Births
Deaths
- Ptolemy Apion, king of Cyrene
- Antiochus VIII Grypus, king of the Seleucid Empire (murdered)
- Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, king of the Seleucid Empire (died in battle)