75 BC

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75 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	75 BC LXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	679
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 249
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 6
Ancient Greek era	176th Olympiad, year 2
Assyrian calendar	4676
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−668 – −667
Berber calendar	876
Buddhist calendar	470
Burmese calendar	−712
Byzantine calendar	5434–5435
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2623 or 2416     — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 2624 or 2417
Coptic calendar	−358 – −357
Discordian calendar	1092
Ethiopian calendar	−82 – −81
Hebrew calendar	3686–3687
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−18 – −17
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3026–3027
Holocene calendar	9926
Iranian calendar	696 BP – 695 BP
Islamic calendar	717 BH – 716 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2259
Minguo calendar	1986 before ROC 民前1986年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1542
Seleucid era	237/238 AG
Thai solar calendar	468–469
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 52 or −329 or −1101     — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 53 or −328 or −1100

Events

By place

Rome

• In Rome, the tribune Quintus Opimius speaks out against Sullan restrictions on the tribunate, in orations noted for sarcasm against conservatives.
• Cicero is quaestor in Rome.
• Nicomedes IV of Bithynia bequeathed his kingdom to Rome on his death (75/4 BC), angry by the arrangement, Mithridates VI of Pontus declared war on Rome and invaded Bithynia, Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, thus starting the Third Mithridatic War.
• Third Mithridatic War — M. Aurelius Cotta was defeated by Mithridates in the Battle of Chalcedon.

By topic

Literature

• Start of Golden Age of Latin Literature.

Births

• Gaius Asinius Pollio, Roman orator, poet and historian (or 76 BC).