69 BC

Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC

Years: 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC

• Pompey installs Antiochus XIII Asiaticus as King of Syria
• Roman troops under Lucius Lucullus defeats the army of Tigranes I of Armenia in the Battle of Tigranocerta, captures Tigranocerta, capital of Armenia.
• Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler

Births

• January - Princess Cleopatra of Egypt, later Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt (or December, 70 BC.

Deaths

• Julia Caesaris, wife of Gaius Marius

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