59 BC - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century

Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC

Years: 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC

Events

• The 'First Triumvirate': Pompey, Julius Caesar and Crassus form an alliance
• Julius Caesar marries Calpurnia, in Rome.

Births

• Titus Livius, Roman historian.
• Prince Ptolemy of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (or 60 BC).

Deaths