60s BC

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Years:	69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC
Categories:	Births Deaths Establishments

This article concerns the period 69 BC – 60 BC.

Events

69 BC

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.

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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.

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References

1. Joseph Thomas, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages
2. C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008