76 BC

Year 76 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavius and Curio (or, less frequently, year 678 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 76 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC
Years:	79 BC 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC 74 BC 73 BC

76 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	76 BC LXXVI BC
Ab urbe condita	678
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 248
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 5
Ancient Greek era	176th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4675
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−668
Berber calendar	875
Buddhist calendar	469
Burmese calendar	−713
Byzantine calendar	5433–5434
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2622 or 2415     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2623 or 2416
Coptic calendar	−359 – −358
Discordian calendar	1091
Ethiopian calendar	−83 – −82
Hebrew calendar	3685–3686
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−19 – −18
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3025–3026
Holocene calendar	9925
Iranian calendar	697 BP – 696 BP
Islamic calendar	718 BH – 717 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2258
Minguo calendar	1987 before ROC 民前1987年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1543
Seleucid era	236/237 AG
Thai solar calendar	467–468
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 51 or −330 or −1102     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 52 or −329 or −1101

Events

By place

Judea

• Salome Alexandra becomes queen of Judea, after the death of her husband, Alexander Jannaeus, until 67 BC.
• Hyrcanus II becomes high priest of Jerusalem for the first time, on the death of his father, Alexander Jannaeus, until 66 BC.

Roman Republic

• The Third Dalmatian war ends with the capture of Salona by proconsul Gaius Cosconius and the victory of Rome.
• On the Iberian Peninsula, in the Roman province of Hispania Citerior, the rebel forces of Quintus Sertorius defeat the republican army of Pompey the Great at the Battle of Lauron.

Deaths

• Alexander Jannaeus, king and high priest of Judea