63 BC
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Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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63 BC by topic |
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Thai solar calendar | 480–481 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 64 or −317 or −1089 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 65 or −316 or −1088 |
Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cicero and Hybrida (or, less frequently, year 691 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 63 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- Lucullus holds a triumph, then retires from war and politics to live a life of refined luxury.
- Establishment of the Decapolis and Year 1 of the Pompeian era.
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- Roman annexation of the .
- Massacre of over 12,000 Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalemby Roman troops, in support of John Hyrcanus II against Aristobulus II.
- Pontifex Maximus and praetor for 62 BC.[1]
- consulshipin 31 years.
- Gaius Antonius Hybrida is junior consul.
- Cato the Younger is elected tribune of the people for 62 BC, taking office in early December 63 BC.
- Servilius Rullus, a Roman tribune, proposes an agrarian reformlaw.
- Second Catilinarian Conspiracy against the Roman Republic is foiled by Cicero.
Pontus
- Pharnaces II becomes King of Pontus.
Births
- Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date) (d. c. AD 10)
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman statesman and general (d. 12 BC)
Deaths
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- 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
References
- ISBN 0-631-21858-0.
- ^ "BBC - History - Augustus". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2021.