63 BC
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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century
Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC
Years: 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC
Events
- Roman conquest of Palestine; the province of Judea is formed.
- Julius Caesar elected pontifex maximus.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero elected consul.
- Defeat of Catiline conspiracy.
Births
- September 23 - Augustus Octavius Caesar, first Roman Emperor
- Strabo - Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.
- Didymus Chalcenterus - Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date)
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa - Roman stateman and general
- Pharnaces II of Pontus - King of Pontus
Deaths
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "63_BC" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63_BC, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
