62 BC - Definition and Overview

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

Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC

Years: 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC

Events

• January - The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies under Gaius Antonius in the Battle of Pistoria.
• Julius Caesar divorced Pompeia.

Births

• Prince Ptolemy of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt (or 61 BC).

Deaths

• Lucius Sergius Catilina, Roman statesman