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78 BC

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Also known as 78 BCE

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Part of
70s BC
Followed by
77 BC
Follows
79 BC
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point in time
0078-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

Year 78 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lepidus and Catulus. Later and less frequently, it was known as the year 676 AUC). The denomination 78 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.

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