70s BC

Centuries: 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century

Decades: 120s BC – 110s BC – 100s BC – 90s BC – 80s BC – 70s BC – 60s BC – 50s BC – 40s BC – 30s BC – 20s BC – 10s BC

Years: 79 BC 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC

Events and trends

• Spartacus leads a slave revolt against Rome. His troops are eventually defeated, and Spartacus slain in battle, by Roman legionaires under Marcus Licinius Crassus.