69 BC
| 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 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
By place
Roman Republic
- 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
- Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.
Greece
- 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
- 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
- Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)
References
- ↑ 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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