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Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cicero and Hybrida (or, less frequently, year 691 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 63 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for ...
The siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) occurred during Pompey the Great's campaigns in the East, shortly after his successful conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War. Pompey had been asked to intervene in a dispute over inheritance to the throne of the Hasmonean Kingdom , which turned into a war between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II .
In 63 BC the Sequani and Arverni secured the aid of Ariovistus, a king of the Germanic Suebi tribe, [4] [5] [6] who crossed the Rhine into Gaul with a confederation of Germanic tribes. [ 7 ] The location of the final battle between the Aedui and the combined forces of their enemies took place close to the Sequani town of Magetobria (or ...
The Third Mithridatic War (73–63 BC), the last and longest of the three Mithridatic Wars, was fought between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Roman Republic.Both sides were joined by a great number of allies, dragging the entire east of the Mediterranean and large parts of Asia (Asia Minor, Greater Armenia, northern Mesopotamia and the Levant) into the war.
The bowl to the right was commissioned by Lucius Cassius Longinus and distributed in support of Catiline's consular candidacy in 63 BC. The bowl on the left was distributed by Marcus Porcius Cato in a coeval campaign for the plebeian tribunate. [7] Catiline had stood for the consulship three times by 63 BC and was rejected every time by the voters.
A bust of a younger Octavian, dated to around 30 BC. It is located in the Museo Capitolino of Rome, ... 23 September 63 BC Velletri, Roman Republic: Died: 19 August 14 AD
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The new province began in 63 BC. It was of storied wealth and importance to the Republic. ... being located along the southern Black Sea coast, was an exception ...