76 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century
Decades:	100s BC  90s BC  80s BC  – 70s BC –  60s BC  50s BC  40s BC
Years:	79 BC 78 BC 77 BC – 76 BC – 75 BC 74 BC 73 BC

76 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	76 BC LXXV BC
Ab urbe condita	678
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 248
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 5
Ancient Greek era	176th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4675
Bengali calendar	−668
Berber calendar	875
Buddhist calendar	469
Burmese calendar	−713
Byzantine calendar	5433–5434
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 2621 or 2561     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 2622 or 2562
Coptic calendar	−359 – −358
Discordian calendar	1091
Ethiopian calendar	−83 – −82
Hebrew calendar	3685–3686
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−19 – −18
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3026–3027
Holocene calendar	9925
Iranian calendar	697 BP – 696 BP
Islamic calendar	718 BH – 717 BH
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2258
Minguo calendar	1987 before ROC 民前1987年
Seleucid era	236/237 AG
Thai solar calendar	467–468

Year 76 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavius and Curio (or, less frequently, year 678 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 76 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.

Events

By place

Judea

• Salome Alexandra becomes queen of Judea, after the death of her husband, Alexander Jannaeus, until 67 BC.
• Hyrcanus II becomes high priest of Jerusalem for first time, on the death of his father, Alexander Jannaeus, until 66 BC.

Roman Republic

• The Third Dalmatian war ends with the capture of Salona by proconsul C. Cosconius and victory of Rome

Deaths

• Alexander Jannaeus, King of Judaea