85 BC
Year 85 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cinna and Carbo. The denomination 85 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
- First Mithridatic War: Lucius Cornelius Sulla again defeats Archelaus in the decisive Battle of Orchomenus.
Births
- Atia, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Augustus
- Marcus Junius Brutus, conspirator and assassin in the murder of Julius Caesar
- Tiberius Claudius Nero, Roman politician and father of Tiberius
Deaths
- Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman politician
- Mnesarchus of Athens, Stoic philosopher
- Lucius Valerius Flaccus