What is 69 BC?
{{Year nav|-69}} {{BC year in topic|69}} __NOTOC__ Year '''69 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. == Events == === By place === ==== Roman Republic ==== * [[Roman consul|Consuls]]: [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus (died 55 BC)|Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus]] and [[Quintus Hortensius]]. * [[Antiochus XIII Asiaticus]] is made king of [[Syria]].<ref>Joseph Thomas, ''Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology'', 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages</ref> * [[Roman Republic|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 [[Roman Republic|Romans]] re-establish [[Euphrates]] as a frontier. * [[Julius Caesar|Gaius Julius Caesar]] is a [[quaestor]] in [[Spain]]. ==== Egypt ==== * [[Ptolemy XII of Egypt|Ptolemy XII]] deposes [[Cleopatra V of Egypt|Cleopatra V]], and becomes sole ruler. ==== Greece ==== * [[Kydonia]], an ancient city on the island of [[Crete]] falls to Roman military forces.<ref>[http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10881/cydonia.html#fieldnotes C. Michael Hogan, ''Cydonia'', Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008]</ref> * [[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 == {{Births2}} * 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]]) * [[Empress Wang Zhengjun|Wang Zhengjun]], Empress of the western [[Han Dynasty]] of [[China]] (d. [[13]]) == Deaths == {{deaths2}} * [[Julia (aunt of Caesar and wife of Marius)|Julia]], wife of [[Gaius Marius]] (b. c. [[130 BC]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category}} [[Category:69 BC| ]]