60s BC

This article concerns the period 69 BC – 60 BC.

69 BC

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By place

Roman Republic

• October 6 – Roman Republic troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta, and capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
• Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius.
• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is installed as king of Syria.^[1]
• Parthians and Romans re-establish Euphrates as a frontier.
• Gaius Julius Caesar is a quaestor in Spain.

Egypt

• Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.

Greece

• Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces.^[2]
• Rhodes becomes a bulwark against pirates, the Rhodians are unable to suppress piracy in the Aegean Sea. Delos gets the status of a free port.

Significant people

• Pompey, Roman general, (lived 106 BC–48 BC)
• Mithridates VI, King of Pontus, (lived 132 BC–63 BC)
• Philip II Philoromaeus
• Gaius Antonius Hybrida, elected praetor in 66 BC
• Cleopatra VII is born (69 BC–30 BC) and grows into a young girl passing age 9.

Births

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69 BC

• Cleopatra VII Philopator, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)
• Hyeokgeose, Korean king and founder of Silla (d. AD 4)
• Wang Zhengjun, empress of the Western Han dynasty (d. AD 13)

68 BC

• Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII (and probably Cleopatra V) (d. 41 BC)

67 BC

• Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII (and probably Cleopatra V) (d. 41 BC)
• Sextus Pompey, Roman general and governor (d. 35 BC)

66 BC

• Octavia (the Younger), grandniece of Julius Caesar (d. 11 BC) ^[9]

65 BC

• December 8 – Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)^[10]
• Gaius Asinius Pollio, Roman orator, poet and historian (d. AD 4)^[11]

64 BC

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general and consul (d. AD 8)^[12]
• Nicolaus of Damascus, Jewish historian and philosopher (approximate date)
• Strabo, Greek philosopher and historian in Amaseia^[13]

63 BC

• September 23 – Augustus, first Roman Emperor (d. AD 14)^[14]
• Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date) (d. c. AD 10)
• Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman statesman and general (d. 12 BC)

62 BC

• Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (d. 47 BC)

60 BC

• Curia, wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo (approximate date)
• Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 59 BC)
• Tryphon, Greek grammarian (approximate date)
• Daeso, emperor of Dongbuyeo

Deaths

Transcluding articles: 69 BC, 68 BC, 67 BC, 66 BC, 65 BC, 64 BC, 63 BC, 62 BC, 61 BC, and 60 BC

69 BC

• Cleopatra II Selene, queen of Egypt
• Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)

68 BC

• Antiochus of Ascalon, Greek philosopher (b. c. 130 BC)
• Cornelia, wife of Julius Caesar (b. 94 BC)
• Huo Guang, official of the western Han Dynasty
• Lucius Caecillius Metellus, Roman consul

67 BC

• Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Roman general and historian (b. c. 120 BC)
• Salome Alexandra, queen of Judea (b. 139 BC)

66 BC

• Licinius Macer, Roman annalist

65 BC

• Xiphares, son of Mithridates VI (b. c. 85 BC)

64 BC

• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, king of the Seleucid Empire

63 BC

• Mithridates VI, King of Pontus (b. 135 BC)
• Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, pontifex maximus and general (b. c. 130 BC or 127 BC)
• Those involved in the organisation of the Catilinarian conspiracy in Rome, including Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura

62 BC

• Lucius Sergius Catilina, Roman politician (b. 108 BC)
• Quintus Roscius Gallus, Roman actor (b. c. 126 BC)
• Zhang Anshi, Chinese official of the Han Dynasty

61 BC

• Quintus Marcius Rex, Roman consul and general

60 BC

• Aretas III Philhellen, king of Nabatea (approximate date)
• Su Wu, Chinese diplomat and statesman (b. 140 BC)