Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC - 120s BC - 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC - 30s BC Years: 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC 81 BC 80 BC Events 80 Alexandria comes under Roman jurisdiction 81 Sulla is appointed dictator and reforms the Roman government 82 Sulla defeats Samnite allies of Rome in the Battle of the Colline Gate, and takes control of Rome. 88 End of the Social War, with the defeat of the Italian Allies by the Romans This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.