Decade · 69 BCE – 60 BCE
The world in the 60s BCE
From 69 BCE to 60 BCE the atlas holds 86 states standing at some time. 12 things began - Dacia, Adiabene and Gordyene among them - and 4 ended; 22 people were born and 11 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.
Its years
The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.
- 63 BCE 12
What began in the 60s BCE
By kind, the best known first.
States 3
Wars and battles 8
- Roman–Parthian Wars · war · 66 BCE – 217 CE
- Battle of Tigranocerta · battle · 69 BCE
- Battle of Artaxata · battle · 68 BCE
- Siege of Jerusalem · battle · 63 BCE
- Battle of Pistoria · battle · 62 BCE
- Battle of the Lycus · battle · 66 BCE
- Battle of Magetobriga · battle · 63 BCE
- Battle of Zela · battle · 67 BCE
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Catilinarian conspiracy · unrest · 63 BCE
What ended in the 60s BCE
States 2
- Phoenicia · state · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Seleucid Empire · state · 312 – 63 BCE
Wars and battles 2
- Mithridatic Wars · war · 88 – 63 BCE
- Third Mithridatic War · war · 73 – 63 BCE
Born and died
Born 22
- Augustus · ruler · 63 BCE – 14 CE
- Cleopatra · monarch · 69 – 30 BCE
- Horace · philosopher · 65 – 8 BCE
- Strabo · philosopher · 64 BCE – 21 CE
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa · military leader · 63 – 12 BCE
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus · writer · 60 – 7 BCE
- Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator · ruler · 62 – 47 BCE
- Ptolemy XIV Philopator · ruler · 60 – 44 BCE
- Gaius Julius Hyginus · astronomer · 64 BCE – 17 CE
- Arsinoe IV · ruler · 68 – 41 BCE
- Nicolaus of Damascus · philosopher · 64 BCE – 4 CE
- Octavia the Younger · person · 66 – 11 BCE
- Sextus Pompey · politician · 68 – 35 BCE
- Pacorus I · person · 67 – 38 BCE
- Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus · politician · 64 BCE – 8 CE
- Polemon I of Pontus · poet · 65 – 8 BCE
and 6 more in the atlas.
Died 11
- Mithridates VI Eupator · military leader · 134 – 63 BCE
- Catiline · politician · 108 – 62 BCE
- Salome Alexandra · monarch · 140 – 67 BCE
- Antiochus XIII Asiaticus · ruler · 85 – 64 BCE
- Cleopatra Selene of Syria · ruler · 135 – 69 BCE
- Cornelia · person · 97 – 68 BCE
- Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura · politician · 114 – 63 BCE
- Gaius Sosius · politician · 79 – 61 BCE
- Lucius Caecilius Metellus · politician · 130 – 68 BCE
- Marcus Cocceius Nerva · politician · 80 – 61 BCE
- Cornelia · person · 109 – 69 BCE
States of the 60s BCE
The states that stood at some time in the 60s BCE, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 69 BCE.
Europe12 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Quintus Hortensius, Roman consul since 69 BCE and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, Roman consul since 69 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Quintus Hortensius, Roman consul since 69 BCE and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus, Roman consul since 69 BCE
- Sarmatians · 200 BCE – 370 CE
- Dacia · 60 BCE – 106 CE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Odrysian kingdom · 460 BCE – 46 CE
- Lazica · 101 BCE – 700 CE
and 4 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa37 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE · Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, Seleucid ruler since 69 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
and 29 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia17 states
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Indo-Greek Kingdom · 180 BCE – 10 CE
- Indo-Scythian Kingdom · 200 BCE – 400 CE · Maues, King since 85 BCE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Kanva dynasty · 70 – 25 BCE · Vasudeva Kanva, Emperor since 73 BCE
and 9 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia12 states
- Han dynasty · 206 BCE – 220 CE · Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor of China since 74 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Chinese Empire · 220 BCE – 1912 CE · Emperor Xuan of Han, Emperor of China since 74 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
- Jinhan confederacy · 91 BCE – 377 CE
- Byeonhan confederacy · 201 BCE – 400 CE
and 4 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown6 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Shanshan · 92 BCE – 445 CE
- Kingdom of Munster · 101 BCE – 1138 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Jushi Kingdom · 108 BCE – 450 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 89 BCE – 40 BCE: every state, war and life of the 60s BCE, region by region.
- On the map in 64 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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