View source for 71 BC

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Third Servile War]] ends; [[Slave rebellion]] under leadership of [[Spartacus]] is crushed by a Roman army under [[Marcus Licinius Crassus]]. Slaves taken prisoner are [[Crucifixion|crucified]] naked along the [[Via Appia]].
* [[Marcus Antonius Creticus|Marcus Antonius]] is defeated by the [[Crete|Cretans]], who have made an [[Military alliance|alliance]] with the [[Piracy|pirates]]. He is compelled to concede a humiliating peace. Antonius dies in office the same year and is awarded, posthumously, with the [[cognomen]] ''Creticus''.<ref>Pompey, Command (p. 20). Nic Fields, 2012. {{ISBN|978-184908-572-4}}</ref>
* [[Nessebar]] in modern-day [[Bulgaria]] comes under Roman rule.
</onlyinclude>