60 BC

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Rome

• Gaius Julius Caesar
  Julius Caesar
  
  'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
   suppressed an uprising and conquered all of Lusitania
  Lusitania
  
  Lusitania was an ancient Ancient Rome Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain ....
   for Rome
  Rome
  
  Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
  
• Creation of the First Triumvirate
  First Triumvirate
  
  The First Triumvirate is a term used by some historians to refer to the unofficial Rome political alliance of Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompey....
  , an informal political alliance between Julius Caesar
  Julius Caesar
  
  'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
  , Pompey the Great
  Pompey
  
  Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
   and Marcus Licinius Crassus
  Marcus Licinius Crassus
  
  Marcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman Republic general and politician who commanded Sulla's decisive victory at Battle of the Colline Gate, suppressed the Slavery revolt led by Spartacus and entered into a secret pact, known as the First Triumvirate, with Pompey and Julius Caesar....
    (or 59 BC)

Syria

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

China

• The Han Dynasty
  Han Dynasty
  
  The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
   government establishes the Protectorate of the Western Regions
  Protectorate of the Western Regions
  
  The Protectorate of the Western Regions was a China regional government established by the Han Dynasty to manage and to control the Western Regions, roughly today's Xinjiang ....
  , the highest military position of a military commander on the Western frontier (Tarim Basin
  Tarim Basin
  
  The Tarim Basin is a large endorheic basin occupying an area of more than 400,000 km2. It is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in PRC's far west....
  )

Births

• Prince Ptolemy of Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
  , later Pharaoh
  Pharaoh
  
  Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. In antiquity this title began to be used for the ruler who was the religious and political leader of united ancient Egypt, only during the New Kingdom, specifically, during the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt....
   Ptolemy XIV of Egypt
  Ptolemy XIV of Egypt
  
  Ptolemy XIV , was a son of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Following the death of his older brother Ptolemy XIII of Egypt on January 13, 47 BC, he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by their older sister and remaining Pharaoh, Cleopatra VII of Egypt....
   (or 59 BC) (d. 44 BC)

Deaths

• Aretas III Philhellene, king of Petra
  Petra
  
  Petra is an Archaeology site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a Depression among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah , the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba....
  
• Su Wu
  Su Wu
  
  Su Wu was a diplomat and statesman during China's Han Dynasty, well-known in Chinese history for his faithfulness to his mission and his empire....
   (b. 140 BC)