69 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC – 60s BC – 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC |
| Years: | 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC – 69 BC – 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC |
| 69 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 69 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 685 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4682 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1912–-1911 |
| Bengali calendar | -661 |
| Berber calendar | 882 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 476 |
| Burmese calendar | -706 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5440–5441 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛亥年 (2568/2628) — to —
壬子年(2569/2629) |
| Coptic calendar | -352–-351 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -76–-75 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3692–3693 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -12–-11 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3033–3034 |
| Holocene calendar | 9932 |
| Iranian calendar | 690 BP – 689 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 711 BH – 710 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2265 |
| Minguo calendar | 1980 before ROC 民前1980年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 475 |
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Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.
Events [change]
By place [change]
Roman Republic [change]
- 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]
- Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.
Greece [change]
- 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]
- 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]
- Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)
References [change]
- ↑ Joseph Thomas, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008
