80 BC

Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC

Years: 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC - 80 BC - 79 BC 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC

• Alexandria comes under Roman jurisdiction
• Meleager[?] publishes his Garland, the earliest known anthology of Greek poetry.

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• Berenice II[?], queen of Egypt.