70s BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	100s BC 90s BC 80s BC – 70s BC – 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC
Years:	79 BC 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

• Spartacus leads the slaves against Rome. His army was eventually defeated, and Spartacus is killed in battle, by Roman legionaries under Marcus Licinius Crassus.
• In Rome, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus becomes the third member of the Second Triumvirate, with Mark Antony and Octavian.
• The city of Tigranakert of Artsakh is built in Armenia.
• Salome Alexandria becomes queen of Judea after her husband dies.
• Hycarnus II becomes the high priest of Jerusalem until 66 BC.
• Pamplona is built in Spain