69 BC
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Gregorian calendar | 69 BC LXVIII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 685 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 255 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy XII Auletes, 12 |
Ancient Greek era | 177th Olympiad, year 4 |
Assyrian calendar | 4682 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −661 |
Berber calendar | 882 |
Buddhist calendar | 476 |
Burmese calendar | −706 |
Byzantine calendar | 5440–5441 |
Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2628 or 2568 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2629 or 2569 |
Coptic calendar | −352 – −351 |
Discordian calendar | 1098 |
Ethiopian calendar | −76 – −75 |
Hebrew calendar | 3692–3693 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −12 – −11 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3032–3033 |
Holocene calendar | 9932 |
Iranian calendar | 690 BP – 689 BP |
Islamic calendar | 711 BH – 710 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2265 |
Minguo calendar | 1980 before ROC 民前1980年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1536 |
Seleucid era | 243/244 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 474–475 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 58 or −323 or −1095 — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 59 or −322 or −1094 |
Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events
[change | change source]By place
[change | change source]Roman Republic
[change | change source]- Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius.
- Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is made king of Syria.[1]
- Roman troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta. They capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
- Parthians and Romans re-establish Euphrates as a frontier.
- Gaius Julius Caesar is a quaestor in Spain.
Egypt
[change | change source]- Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.
Greece
[change | change source]- Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces.[2]
- Rhodes becomes a safe place against pirates. The Rhodians are unable to stop piracy in the Aegean Sea. Delos gets the status of a free port.
Births
[change | change source]- for more information, see Category:69 BC births.
- January – Princess Cleopatra of Egypt, later Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (or December, 70 BC) (d. 30 BC)
- Octavia Minor, grandniece of Julius Caesar (d. 11 BC)
- Wang Zhengjun, Empress of the western Han Dynasty of China (d. 13)
Deaths
[change | change source]- Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Joseph Thomas, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008
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