69 BC

Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hortalus and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 685 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 69 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 naming years.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC
Years:	72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC

69 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	69 BC LXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita	685
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 255
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 12
Ancient Greek era	177th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4682
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−661
Berber calendar	882
Buddhist calendar	476
Burmese calendar	−706
Byzantine calendar	5440–5441
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2628 or 2568     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 2629 or 2569
Coptic calendar	−352 – −351
Discordian calendar	1098
Ethiopian calendar	−76 – −75
Hebrew calendar	3692–3693
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−12 – −11
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3032–3033
Holocene calendar	9932
Iranian calendar	690 BP – 689 BP
Islamic calendar	711 BH – 710 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2265
Minguo calendar	1980 before ROC 民前1980年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1536
Seleucid era	243/244 AG
Thai solar calendar	474–475
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 58 or −323 or −1095     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 59 or −322 or −1094

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• October 6 – Roman Republic troops under Lucius Lucullus defeat the army of Tigranes II of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta, and capture Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
• Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius.
• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is installed as king of Syria.[1]
• Parthians and Romans re-establish Euphrates as a frontier.
• Gaius Julius Caesar is a quaestor in Spain.

Egypt

• Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.

Greece

• Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces.[2]
• Rhodes becomes a bulwark against pirates, the Rhodians are unable to suppress piracy in the Aegean Sea. Delos gets the status of a free port.

Births

• Cleopatra VII Philopator, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)
• Hyeokgeose, Korean king and founder of Silla (d. AD 4)
• Octavia (the Younger), grandniece of Julius Caesar (d. 11 BC)
• Wang Zhengjun, empress of the Western Han Dynasty (d. AD 13)

Deaths

• Cleopatra II Selene, queen of Egypt
• Julia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)

References

1. Joseph Thomas, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages
2. C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008