-86

This page relates to the year -86 Calendrier Julien proleptic.

Events

Forwardings towards the extreme south-west of the China in -86 and -82.
the expansionism of the emperor Wudi exhausts the financial reserves and requires a return to the policy legalist to reinflate the Treasury. The taxes are increased, the restored state monopolies and the devaluated currency. The sufferings endured by the peasants are worsened by the population growth, which reduces the surface of the exploitations whereas the taxes increase. The families of land great landowners, defying the tax collectors of the central government, acquire a kind of tax exemption. As the number of owners escaping the tax increase, the taxability of the empire is reduced, and the burden supported by the peasants subjected to the tax is done increasingly heavy, causing country revolts and banditism.

With died of Mithridate II, the empire Parthian is delivered to him even. The people which compose it have other bonds only those imposed by the force.
the cousin septuagénaire of Mithridate, Sinatruc, tries to seize the power but must be finally exiled at Sakas. The young person Artaban II is hoisted on the Parthian throne.
Tigrane of Arménie makes alliance with the king of the Pont, Mithridate VI Eupator and wife her daughter, being thus covered in the west vis-a-vis the Romans. It takes the weapons to recover the Armenian territories annexed by the Parthes. It seizes in addition to most of the Médie, whose satrap is driven out of Adrapana. The Parthian Artaban II must sign a peace which recognizes all the conquests of Tigrane, which takes the title of King of the Kings. The king of Atropatène, being combined with Tigrane, seizes all the territory mésopotamien on left bank of the Tiger.
the Babylonia, the Elymaïde, the Perse are declared independent of the Parthes. Artaban II is probably assassinated.

Marius and Cinna, benefitting from the absence of Sylla which fights against Mithridate VI, goes on Rome and declares consuls after a brutal massacre aristocrats.
With died of Marius, Cinna, supported by the equestrian order and the democratic party, exerts during two years a true dictatorship in the legal form of the consulate.
Censure of L. Marcius Philippus.
463 000 Roman citizens.

March 1st: Sylla seizes Athens and destroyed Pirée and the Long Walls.
Sylla makes strike currency with the treasure of Delphes.
Victoire of Sylla to battles of Chéronée on Archélaos, general of Mithridate VI, king of the Bridge.
Roman naval Victoire of Lucullus on the Bridge with the Battle of Tenedos.

January 13rd: Marius dies of natural death.
March 1st: The philosopher peripatetician Ariston is killed at the time of the catch of Athens.
Lucius Accius, Tragedy Roman N (born in Pisaurum in -170).
Sima Qian (Szu-my Ts' IEN), Historian and Astrologer Chinese (born in -145), author of a chronicle active of the origins with approximately -100.

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