63 BC

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Contents

Events

By place

Rome

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II becomes king under Roman suzerainty.

★ Julius Caesar elected Pontifex Maximus.

★ Marcus Tullius Cicero is senior consul. He is the first novus homo (new man) to be elected to the consulship in 31 years.

★ Cato the younger is tribune of the people.

★ Catiline's conspiracy against the Roman Republic.

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

★ Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Catiline conspirator

★ Mithridates VI, King of Pontus

★ Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, pontifex maximus and general