60s BC

This article concerns the period 69 BC – 60 BC.

Events

69 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Egypt
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.

68 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Osroene

67 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Judea
Pontus
  • Mithridates VI invades Pontus and defeats a Roman army at the Battle of Zela.
  • After his victory at Zela Mithridates starts consolidating his power in Pontus; restoring his rule over his old kingdom.
  • Lucullus returnes to Pontus, but his troops refuse to campaign for him any longer and he withdrew to Galatia.
China

66 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Judea

65 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Western Han Empire

64 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Syria

63 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Pontus

62 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Commagene

61 BC

By place

Roman Republic

60 BC

By place

Roman Republic
Syria
China

Significant people

Births

69 BC

68 BC

67 BC

66 BC

65 BC

64 BC

63 BC

62 BC

60 BC

Deaths

69 BC

68 BC

67 BC

66 BC

65 BC

64 BC

63 BC

62 BC

61 BC

60 BC

Citations

  1. ^ Joseph Thomas, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages
  2. ^ C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008
  3. ^ Syme, Ronald (1963). "Ten Tribunes". Journal of Roman Studies. 53: 59.
  4. ^ a b c d LeGlay, Marcel; Voisin, Jean-Louis; Le Bohec, Yann (2001). A History of Rome (Second ed.). Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell. p. 128. ISBN 0-631-21858-0.
  5. ^ Husband, R. (1916). On the Expulsion of Foreigners from Rome. Classical Philology, 11(3), 315-333. Retrieved March 11, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/261855
  6. ^ Appian, Syriaca VIII 49, XI 70, Justin, Historiarum Philippicarum T. Pompeii Trogi XL 2.2, Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica XL 1a-b.
  7. ^ Stambaugh, John E. (1988). The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 41. ISBN 0-8018-3574-7.
  8. ^ a b Dupuy, Richard Ernest; Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt (1993). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 BC to the Present. New York: HarperCollins. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-06270-056-8.
  9. ^ Moore 2017, p. 9.
  10. ^ Grant, Michael. "Horace". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  11. ^ Jerome (Chronicon 2020) says he died in AD 4 in the seventieth year of his life, which would place the year of his birth at 65 BC.
  12. ^ Roberts, John (2007). The Oxford dictionary of the classical world. Oxford University Press. p. 799. ISBN 9780192801463.
  13. ^ Lassere, Francois. "Strabo". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  14. ^ "BBC - History - Augustus". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

References