Empire of Tigranes the Great
Armenia briefly becomes the strongest power in the East
Around 83 BC the Armenian king Tigranes II, who had already subdued Sophene, Atropatene and part of Mesopotamia, took over Syria. His realm stretched from the Caspian to the Mediterranean, but in 69–66 BC the Roman generals Lucullus and Pompey defeated him and Armenia became a client of Rome.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 58 BC–50 BC Caesar's conquest of Gaul — 25 years later
Americas
- c. 100 BC The founding of Teotihuacan — 17 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Julius Caesar (aged 17)
- Cicero (aged 23)
- Pompey the Great (aged 23)
- Spartacus (aged 20)
- Mithridates VI Eupator (aged 52)