60 BC

__NOTOC__Year 60 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Rome

* Gaius Julius Caesar suppressed an uprising and conquered 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)

yria

*The Seleucid Kingdom 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

*Prince Ptolemy of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (or 59 BC) (d. 44 BC)

Deaths

*Aretas III Philhellene, king of Petra
*Su Wu (b. 140 BC)