• Year 88 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sulla and Rufus (or, less frequently...
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    from 91 to 88 BC between the Roman Republic and several of its autonomous allies (socii) in Italy. Some of the allies held out until 87 BC. The war started...
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  • Look up 88 or eighty-eight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 88 may refer to: 88 (number) one of the years 88 BC, AD 88, 1888 CE, 1988 CE, 2088 CE,...
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    The March on Rome of 88 BC was a coup d'état by the consul of the Roman Republic Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who seized power against his enemies Marius and...
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    century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation...
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  • Cornelius Sulla. In 100 BC Pompeius was tribune of the plebs; was praetor in 91 BC and served his consulship with Sulla in 88 BC. When the civil war broke...
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    Sulla (category 138 BC births)
    Latin pronunciation: [ˈɫ̪uːkius̠ korˈneːlʲius̠ ˈs̠uɫːa ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He won the first...
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    First Mithridatic War (category 88 BC)
    The First Mithridatic War (89–85 BC) was a war challenging the Roman Republic's expanding empire and rule over the Greek world. In this conflict, the Kingdom...
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    in size to 600 men by King Tarquinius Priscus (conventional dates 616–578 BC). According to Livy, Servius Tullius also established a further 12 centuriae...
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    Berenice III (category 2nd-century BC births)
    Ptolemy X Alexander I, from 101 to 88 BC and again in 81 BC, before reigning as sole monarch of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC. The Ptolemy and Berenice of the...
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