| 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: | 82 BC 81 BC 80 BC – 79 BC – 78 BC 77 BC 76 BC |
| 79 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 79 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 675 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1922 – -1921 |
| Bengali calendar | -671 |
| Berber calendar | 872 |
| Buddhist calendar | 466 |
| Burmese calendar | -716 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5430 – 5431 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2558/2618) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2559/2619) |
| Coptic calendar | -362 – -361 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -86 – -85 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3682 – 3683 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | -22 – -21 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3023 – 3024 |
| Holocene calendar | 9922 |
| Iranian calendar | 700 BP – 699 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 722 BH – 720 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2255 |
| Thai solar calendar | 465 |
Year 79 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.