70 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century |
| Decades: | 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC |
| Years: | 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 70 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 684 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Chinese calendar | 2567/2627 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2568/2628([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Ethiopian calendar | -77 – -76 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3691 – 3692 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -14 – -13 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3032 – 3033 |
| Iranian calendar | 691 BP – 690 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 713 BH – 712 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 591 (皇紀591年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 9931 |
| Thai solar calendar | 474 |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- August - In Rome, Cicero prosecutes former governor Verres; Verres exiles himself to Marseille before the trial is over.
- Pompey and Marcus Licinius Crassus become consul.
- The office of censor is reinstated in the Roman Republic.
- Lucullus captures Sinop, then invades Armenia.
[edit] Parthia
- Phraates III becomes the King of Parthia
[edit] Births
- October 15 - Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
- December - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (or January 69 BC)
- Publius Cornelius Dolabella, Roman general
- Maecenas, Roman politician and patron
