84 BC Facts for Kids

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	110s BC 100s BC 90s BC – 80s BC – 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC
Years:	87 BC 86 BC 85 BC – 84 BC – 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC

84 BC by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

84 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	84 BC LXXXIII BC
Ab urbe condita	670
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 240
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy IX Lathyros, 5
Ancient Greek era	174th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4667
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−676
Berber calendar	867
Buddhist calendar	461
Burmese calendar	−721
Byzantine calendar	5425–5426
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 2613 or 2553 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2614 or 2554
Coptic calendar	−367 – −366
Discordian calendar	1083
Ethiopian calendar	−91 – −90
Hebrew calendar	3677–3678
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−27 – −26
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3017–3018
Holocene calendar	9917
Iranian calendar	705 BP – 704 BP
Islamic calendar	727 BH – 726 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2250
Minguo calendar	1995 before ROC 民前1995年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1551
Seleucid era	228/229 AG
Thai solar calendar	459–460
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 43 or −338 or −1110 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 44 or −337 or −1109

The year 84 BC was a time long ago, counted using the Roman calendar. This was before the calendar we use today was created.

What Happened in 84 BC?

A major conflict called the First Mithridatic War finally finished in 84 BC. This war was fought between the powerful Roman Republic and a kingdom called Pontus, led by its king, Mithridates VI. The Romans won, which helped them become even stronger.

Catullus: He was a famous Roman poet who wrote many beautiful poems. We don't know his exact birth year, but it was around this time. He passed away around 54 BC.
Surena: He was a skilled general from Parthia, a powerful empire to the east of the Roman Republic. He died in 52 BC.

Lucius Cornelius Cinna: He was an important Roman leader, a consul, which was like a top elected official in the Roman Republic. He died during a conflict with his own soldiers.