63 BCE
Cato the Younger is elected tribune of the people for 62 BC, taking office in early December 63 BC. Pompey conquers the people of Phonecia, Coele-Syria, and Judea for the Roman Republic. Marcus Tullius Cicero is senior consul. He is the first novus homo (new man) to be elected to the consulship in 31 years.
In the 60s BC, the 1st century BC.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
Conflict & Security
- Massacre of over 12,000 Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by Roman troops, in support of John Hyrcanus II against Aristobulus II.source
- Roman annexation of the Seleucid Empire and of Judea as a client kingdom. King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II is reappointed king (ethnarch) under Roman suzerainty and high priest, until 40 BC.source
- Second Catilinarian Conspiracy against the Roman Republic is foiled by Cicero.source
Religion & Belief
- Establishment of the Decapolis and Year 1 of the Pompeian era.source
- Cato the Younger is elected tribune of the people for 62 BC, taking office in early December 63 BC.source
- Marcus Tullius Cicero is senior consul. He is the first novus homo (new man) to be elected to the consulship in 31 years.source
- Julius Caesar is elected Pontifex Maximus and praetor for 62 BC.source
Culture & Society
Births
- September 23 – Augustus, first Roman Emperor (died AD 14)source
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman statesman and general (died 12 BC)source
- Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date) (died c. AD 10)source