66 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: 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC

Events

• Catiline accused of conspiring against the Roman Republic with Autronius and the younger Sulla.
• The alliance between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of Armenia is broken.
• Battle of the Lycus - Pompey the Great decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the Third Mithridatic War.

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