64 BCE

Pompey destroys the kingdom of Pontus; king Mithridates VI commits suicide after escaping to the Crimea. King Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is deposed and killed by the Syrian chieftain Sampsiceramus I – this is considered by some the end of the Seleucid dynasty. 64 BC Syria earthquake, mentioned in catalogues of historical earthquakes. It affected the region of Syria and may have caused structural damage in the city of Jerusalem.

In the 60s BC, the 1st century BC.

Conflict & Security

  • Pompey annexes Syria and captures Jerusalem, annexing Judea.source

Crime & Justice

  • King Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is deposed and killed by the Syrian chieftain Sampsiceramus I – this is considered by some the end of the Seleucid dynasty.source

Climate & Environment

  • 64 BC Syria earthquake, mentioned in catalogues of historical earthquakes. It affected the region of Syria and may have caused structural damage in the city of Jerusalem.source

Births

  • Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general and consul (died AD 8)source
  • Nicolaus of Damascus, Jewish historian and philosopher (approximate date)source
  • Strabo, Greek philosopher and historian in Amaseiasource

Deaths

  • Pompey destroys the kingdom of Pontus; king Mithridates VI commits suicide after escaping to the Crimea.source
  • Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, king of the Seleucid Empiresource