59 BC

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Heads of State

Year of The Water Dog壬戌( at the beginning of the year metal cock辛酉)

Syria: 253/254

Events

  • Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman consul. Million sesterces him pave the way to the highest office - but the elaborate festivals and gladiatorial games, gifts and bribes make him temporarily to the largest debtor in Rome.
  • Caesar married his third wife, Calpurnia.
  • As consul Caesar leads the Acta diurna one. This is a daily news bulletin, so the first newspaper.
  • The agrarian laws of Julius Caesar adopted alongside other additional gear Iuliae.

Born

  • 59 BC: Artavasdes II, King of Atropatene († shortly before 20 BC)
  • 59 BC: Livy, Roman historian († 17 AD)
  • 59 BC: Ptolemy XIV, Egyptian Pharaoh († 44 BC)

Died

  • Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, a Roman politician
  • Gaius Octavius ​​, Roman politician and father of Augustus (c. 101 BC)
  • Lucius Vettius, Roman knight
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