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General

Population: Between 190 and 230 million*

• Births: Roman poet Virgil (70 BC)
• Religion: Dead Sea Scrolls written (70 BC)
• Writing: Shorthand writing develops in Rome (70 BC)
• Deaths: Sulla of Rome in revolt

Americas

• General: Alma and Amulek preach among the Nephites (78 BC)
  Anti-Nephi-Lehites settle in lands of Nephites (77 BC)
  By this time, lamanite king and son Lamoni convert and freedom of Religion spreads (Between 99-70 BC)
  Lamanites defeated in battle with tens of thousands slain (76 BC)
  Korihor an antichrist preaches and is struck dumb (74 BC)
  Moroni demands fighting Lamanites under Zerahemnah make covenant of peace or be destroyed - Lamanites defeated (74 BC)
  Alma and Amulek preach - Zoramites expel converts (74 BC)
  Helaman gets plates from Alma II who may have been taken up (73 BC)
  Amalickiah conspires to be king, title of liberty raised, and Amalickiah flees to Lamanites (73 BC)
  Alma and sons preach to Zoramites (73 BC)
  Chief judge Nephihah dies and Pahoran rules (72 BC)
  Nephite lands fortified (72 BC)
  Amalickiah uses strategy and murder to gain throne of Lamanites and spears vengeance on Moroni (72 BC)

Asia

• India: End of sunga dynasty in north (72 BC)

Europe

• General: The Suevi - Germanic tribe - crosses upper Rhine under King Ariocistus and invades Gaul (72 BC)
• Roman Empire: Sulla of Rome resigns dictatorship voluntarily (79 BC)
  Lucullus imports cherry trees from Asia Minor to Rome (79 BC)
  Sulla of Rome dies in the revolt of Marcus Aemilus Lepidus who is defeated by Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey) (77 BC)
  Spartacus slave revolt - Slaves defeated by Pompey and Crassus - End of Third Servile War with 10,000 dead (73-71 BC)

Middle East

• Judaea: Salome Alexandra the Hasmoneam rules Judaea (76 BC)
• Palestine: Mithridates annexes Bithnyia (Bithnia in Turkey) which Rome claims (72 BC)
  Mithridates IV of Pontus renews war against Rome (Third) and is defeated by Ludius Licinius Lucullus