67 BC
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Centuries: | 2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century |
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[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Manius Acilius Glabrio and Gaius Calpurnius Piso.
- Ostia sacked by pirates.
- Pompey's war against the pirates, with great success.
- Pompey takes over Lucius Lucullus's command in the east, and reaping the fruit of the later's victories.
- The lex Gabinia gives Pompey command of the Mediterranean and its coasts for 50 miles inland for three years. Pompey defeats the pirates and pacifies Cilicia.
- Lex Acilia Calpurnia- permanent exclusion from office in cases of electoral corruption
[edit] Judea
- Aristobulus II becomes king of Judea
[edit] Pontus
- Mithridates invades Pontus
[edit] Asia
[edit] Births
- Princess Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt (or 68 BC)
[edit] Deaths
- Salome Alexandra, queen of Judea
- Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, soldier and historian