WORLD HISTORY · 500–1 BC 日本語
Events of the 60s BC69–60 BC
What happened in the 60s BC?
In the 60s BC (69–60 BC), Pompey suppressed the pirates and led Rome to victory in the Third Mithridatic War, and the Seleucid Empire came to an end. In Rome, Cicero denounced Catiline, and the First Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus began.
- Gabinian Law sends Pompey against piratesEurope
- Huo clan destroyed under Emperor XuanAsia
- Battle of the Lycus ends Mithridatic WarMiddle East
- Antiochus XIII deposed; Seleucid Empire endsMiddle East
- Cicero delivers speeches against CatilineMiddle East
- Royal tomb built atop Mount NemrutMiddle East
- First Triumvirate beginsEurope
- Han establishes Protectorate of the Western RegionsAsia
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Events of the 60s BC (timeline · 5)
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The trial against Gaius Verres for corruption is opened, with Marcus Tullius Cicero as prosecutor and renowned orator Quintus Hortensius as defending lawyer.
Gaius Verres is found guilty of corruption after his defense lawyer Quintus Hortensius abandons the case as hopeless.
Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
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