60 BC

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 and Afranius (or, less frequently, year 694 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 60 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:	63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC

60 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	60 BC LIX BC
Ab urbe condita	694
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 264
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 21
Ancient Greek era	180th Olympiad (victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4691
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−652
Berber calendar	891
Buddhist calendar	485
Burmese calendar	−697
Byzantine calendar	5449–5450
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2637 or 2577     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 2638 or 2578
Coptic calendar	−343 – −342
Discordian calendar	1107
Ethiopian calendar	−67 – −66
Hebrew calendar	3701–3702
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−3 – −2
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3041–3042
Holocene calendar	9941
Iranian calendar	681 BP – 680 BP
Islamic calendar	702 BH – 701 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2274
Minguo calendar	1971 before ROC 民前1971年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1527
Seleucid era	252/253 AG
Thai solar calendar	483–484
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 67 or −314 or −1086     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 68 or −313 or −1085

Events

Roman Republic

• Gaius Julius Caesar suppresses an uprising and conquers all of Lusitania for Rome.
• Creation of the First Triumvirate, an informal political alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus (or 59 BC).

Syria

• The Seleucid Empire comes to an end with the last two emperors being murdered on orders from Rome.

China

• The Han Dynasty government establishes the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the highest military position of a military commander on the Western frontier (Tarim Basin).

Births

• Curia, wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo (approximate date)
• Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 59 BC)
• Tryphon, Greek grammarian (approximate date)

Deaths

• Aretas III Philhellen, king of Nabatea (approximate date)
• Su Wu, Chinese diplomat and statesman (b. 140 BC)

References