59 BCE

Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known in jest as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Bibulus' Social withdrawal from public view to "consult the heavens" in an effort to invalidate Caesar's intended legislation). The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC). Caesar makes the gazette Acta Diurna (Daily News) public. The Acta contains details of official decrees and appointments; births, deaths, and marriages. Even sport results—the outcome of the gladiatorial contests and chariot races at the capital.

In the 50s BC, the 1st century BC.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known in jest as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Bibulus' Social withdrawal from public view to "consult the heavens" in an effort to invalidate Caesar's intended legislation).source
  • The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC).source

Exploration & Expansion

  • The colonia of Florentia, modern Florence, founded.source

Culture & Society

  • Caesar marries Calpurnia, in Rome.source
  • Caesar makes the gazette Acta Diurna (Daily News) public. The Acta contains details of official decrees and appointments; births, deaths, and marriages. Even sport results—the outcome of the gladiatorial contests and chariot races at the capital.source

Births

  • Artavasdes I, king of Media Atropatene (approximate date)source
  • Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 60 BC)source
  • Livia, Roman empress as the second wife of Augustussource
  • Livy, Roman historian and writer (approximate date)source

Deaths

  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, Roman consulsource
  • Quintus Servilius Caepio, Roman tribunesource
  • He of Changyi, emperor of the Han Dynastysource
  • Gaius Octavius, father of Caesar Augustussource