77 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:	80 BC 79 BC 78 BC – 77 BC – 76 BC 75 BC 74 BC

77 BC by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Year 77 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.

Roman Republic

• Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul and leader of the democratic party, is defeated by Quintus Lutatius Catulus outside Rome.
• Pompeius marches to Spain to join with Quintus Metellus Pius. They try to stop the revolt of Quintus Sertorius, but do not succeed.
• The city of Tigranakert is built.

Births

• Liu Xiang, Chinese scholar, editor of the Shan Hai Jing, compilator of the Lienü zhuan, and father of Liu Xin (died 6 BC)

Deaths

• King Duttagamani of Sri Lanka