Year 60 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Metellus Celer and Afranius (or, less frequently, year 694 Ab urbe condita).

What BCE and CE mean, and how they differ from BC/AD. BCE and CE stand for 'Before Common Era' and 'Common Era' respectively. The former means the same as BC and the latter is the same as AD. Thus, AD 1 and 1 CE mean the same year. These terms were first used during the 17th century.

Mar 20, 2016 · The First Triumvirate of ancient Rome was an uneasy alliance between the three titans Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus which, from 60 BCE until 53 BCE, dominated the politics of the Roman Republic. Alliances have always been a part of history.

Principate established, 27 BCE and 23 BCE. Advances along Rhine, renewed political stability. Rome at peak of power, prestige. Parthian and Dacian campaigns.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions (simplified Chinese: 西域都护府; traditional Chinese: 西域都護府; pinyin: Xīyù Dūhù Fǔ; Wade–Giles: Hsi 1-yü 4 Tu 1-hu 4 Fu 3) was an imperial administration (a protectorate) situated in the Western Regions administered by Han dynasty China and its successors on and off from 59 or 60 BCE until the end of …

Passage of the Senatorial Decree assigning Gaul to the two consuls of 60: Metellus was to have Gallia Transalpina, and Afranius was to get Gallia Cisalpina (Cicero ad Atticum 1. 19; Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic II 183.).

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]

The Roman Empire (60 BCE-160 CE) Summary: Brief Overview. By 47 BCE Caesar had won the civil war against Pompei, and soon became dictator, planning a major reconstruction of republican government. He was assassinated in 44, however, by a …

Oct 13, 2024 · By the middle of the final century BCE, however, Rome had become the center of a multi-continent empire stretching from Spain to Iraq. Thus, one can present the continuing civil unrest from 80 to 30 BCE as the inability of an expanded city government to cope with the needs of an empire’s administration.

Oct 13, 2024 · By 47 BCE Caesar had won the civil war against Pompei, and soon became dictator, planning a major reconstruction of republican government. He was assassinated in 44, however, by a conspiracy of senators acting to save the Republic.