80s BC is the time period from 89 BC –80 BC.
Lucius Cornelius Cinna was a four-time consul of the Roman republic. Opposing Sulla's march on Rome in 88 BC,he was elected to the consulship of 87 BC,during which he engaged in an armed conflict –the Bellum Octavianum –with his co-consul,Gnaeus Octavius. Emerging victorious,Cinna initiated with his ally,Gaius Marius,extrajudicial killings of their personal enemies. In the aftermath,he dominated the republic for the next three years,serving continuously as consul.
Quintus Sertorius was a Roman general and statesman who led a large-scale rebellion against the Roman Senate on the Iberian peninsula. He had been a prominent member of the populist faction of Cinna and Marius. During the later years of the civil war of 83–81 BC,he was sent to recover the Iberian Peninsula. When his faction lost the war,Sertorius was proscribed (outlawed) by the dictator Sulla. Supported by a majority of the native Iberian tribes,Sertorius skillfully used irregular warfare to repeatedly defeat various commanders sent by Rome to subdue him. He was never decisively beaten on the battlefield and remained a thorn in the Senate's side until his murder in 73 BC.
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix,commonly known as Sulla,was a Roman general and statesman. He won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force.
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman statesman and general. After the death of Lucius Cornelius Sulla,he joined or instigated a rebellion against the Sullan regime,demanding a consecutive term as consul late in his year and,when refused,marching on Rome. Lepidus' forces were defeated in a battle near the Milvian Bridge and he fled to Sardinia. He was the father of the triumvir Lepidus and of the Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus who was consul in 50 BC.
Gaius Flavius Fimbria was a Roman general. Born to a recently distinguished senatorial family,he became one of the most violent and bloodthirsty partisans of the consul Cornelius Cinna and his ally,Gaius Marius,in the civil war of 87 BC. During the conflict,Fimbria served them as both cavalry commander and negotiator,and took a leading part in the political purges that followed their capture of Rome,putting a number of prominent aristocrats to death.
Gaius Marius "the Younger" was a Roman republican general and politician who became consul in 82 BC with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. He was the son of the Gaius Marius who was the victor of the Jugurthine and Cimbric wars. He fought in Sulla's civil war. He committed suicide that same year at Praeneste,after his defeat by Sulla and during the city's capture by Quintus Lucretius Afella.
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic. His father Metellus Numidicus was banished from Rome through the machinations of Gaius Marius. He,because of his constant and unbending attempts to have his father officially recalled from exile,was given the agnomen (nickname) Pius.
The Sertorian War was a civil war fought from 80 to 72 BC between a faction of Roman rebels (Sertorians) and the government in Rome (Sullans). The war was fought on the Iberian Peninsula and was one of the Roman civil wars of the first century BC. The Sertorians,a coalition of Celts,Aquitanians,Iberians and Roman and Italic rebels,fought against the representatives of the regime established by Sulla. The war takes its name from Quintus Sertorius,the leader of the opposition. It was notable for Sertorius' successful use of guerrilla warfare. After many years of battles and ambushes,Sertorius eventually lost control over his coalition,while the Roman Senate continued to finance efforts to subdue him. The war ended after Sertorius was assassinated by Marcus Perperna,who was then promptly defeated by Pompey.
Sulla's civil war was fought between the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his opponents,the Cinna-Marius faction,in the years 83–82 BC. The war ended with a decisive battle just outside Rome itself. After the war the victorious Sulla made himself dictator of the Roman Republic.
Gaius Fabius Hadrianus was praetor in 84 BC and governor of the Roman province of Africa in 83–82. He is known primarily for the sensational circumstances of his death:during an uprising,the governor's residence was set on fire and Hadrianus was burned alive.
Lucius Valerius Flaccus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 100 BC and princeps senatus during the civil wars of the 80s. He is noted for his peace initiatives,which failed,and for sponsoring the Lex Valeria that created the dictatorship of Sulla.
Lucius Valerius Flaccus became suffect consul of the Roman Republic in 86 BC when Gaius Marius,the consul prior,unexpectedly died. He was elected to complete Marius's term in office. Marius had fought a series of civil wars against Lucius Cornelius Sulla,both leaders of their respective factions:the populares and the optimates. Flaccus was considered a staunch supporter of Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna;the leaders of the Marian-Cinna faction within the populares. Cinna was Marius's consular collegae and succeeded Marius as faction leader.
Roman Republican governors of Gaul were assigned to the province of Cisalpine Gaul or to Transalpine Gaul,the Mediterranean region of present-day France also called the Narbonensis,though the latter term is sometimes reserved for a more strictly defined area administered from Narbonne. Latin Gallia can also refer in this period to greater Gaul independent of Roman control,covering the remainder of France,Belgium,and parts of the Netherlands and Switzerland,often distinguished as Gallia Comata and including regions also known as Celtica,Aquitania,Belgica,and Armorica (Brittany). To the Romans,Gallia was a vast and vague geographical entity distinguished by predominately Celtic inhabitants,with "Celticity" a matter of culture as much as speaking gallice.
The Battle of Lauron was fought in 76 BC by a rebel force under the command of the renegade Roman general Quintus Sertorius and an army of Roman Republic under the command of the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. The battle was part of the Sertorian War and ended in victory for Sertorius and his rebels. The battle was recorded in detail by Frontinus in his Stratagems and by Plutarch in his Lives of Sertorius and Pompey.
The Battle of Sucro was fought in 75 BC between a rebel army under the command of the Roman rebel Quintus Sertorius and a Roman army under the command of the Roman general Pompey. The battle was fought on the banks of the river Sucro near a town bearing the same name. It ended indecisively:with Sertorius winning a tactical victory but having to withdraw because Pompey's colleague Metellus and his army were approaching.
The Battle of Saguntum was fought in 75 BC between forces of the Roman Republic under the command of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius and an army of Sertorian rebels under the command of Quintus Sertorius. The location of the battle is disputed,but it was most likely near modern Langa de Duero,as Sallust informs us the battle was fought on the banks of the river Douro. The battle lasted from noon till night and ended in a draw.
The Battle of Italica was fought in 75 BC between a rebel army under the command of Lucius Hirtuleius a legate of the Roman rebel Quintus Sertorius and a Roman Republican army under the command of the Roman general and proconsul of Hispania Ulterior Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius. The battle was fought near Italica and ended in a stunning victory for the Metellan army.
The Battle of Valentia was fought in 75 BC between a rebel army under the command of Marcus Perpenna Vento and a general called Gaius Herennius,both legates of the Roman rebel Quintus Sertorius,and a Roman Republican army under the command of the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. The battle was fought at Valentia in Spain and ended in a stunning victory for the Pompeian army.
The Bellum Octavianum was a Roman republican civil war fought in 87 BC between the two consuls of that year,Gnaeus Octavius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna. Cinna was victorious by late 87 BC.
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