Editing 60 BC

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2011}}
{{Year nav|-60}}
{{BC year in topic|60}}
{{refimprove|date=February 2024}}
__NOTOC__
Year '''60 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Metellus Celer 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.

== Events ==
<onlyinclude>

=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Julius Caesar|Gaius Julius Caesar]] suppresses an uprising and conquers all of [[Lusitania]] for [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].<ref name=Dupuy>{{cite book| first1=Richard Ernest|last1=Dupuy|first2=Trevor Nevitt|last2=Dupuy|title=The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 BC to the Present|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York|year=1993|isbn=978-0-06270-056-8|page=105}}</ref><ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=128 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* Creation of the [[First Triumvirate]], an informal political alliance between [[Julius Caesar]], [[Pompey|Pompey the Great]] and [[Marcus Licinius Crassus]] (or [[59 BC]]).<ref name=Dupuy/>

==== Syria ====
* The [[Seleucid Empire]] comes to an end with the last two emperors being murdered on orders from Rome.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

==== 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]]).{{cn|date=February 2024}}
</onlyinclude>
== Births ==
* [[Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius)|Curia]], wife of [[Quintus Lucretius Vespillo]] (approximate date)
* [[Ptolemy XIV of Egypt|Ptolemy XIV]], king ([[pharaoh]]) of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]] (or [[59 BC]])
* [[Tryphon (grammarian)|Tryphon]], Greek grammarian (approximate date)
* [[Daeso]], emperor of [[Dongbuyeo]]

== Deaths ==
* [[Aretas III|Aretas III Philhellen]], king of [[Nabataean Kingdom|Nabatea]] (approximate date)
* [[Su Wu]], Chinese [[diplomat]] and statesman (b. [[140 BC]])

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:60 Bc}}
[[Category:60 BC| ]]