59 BC
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC · 1st century BC · 1st century |
| Decades: | 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC |
| Years: | 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC |
Events
By place
Rome
- Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Caesar's infamous suppression of his colleague)
- The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC)
- Caesar marries Calpurnia, in Rome
- The colonia of Florentia, modern Florence, founded
Births
- Livy, Roman historian
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (or 60 BC)
Deaths
- Prince He of Changyi, former Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China
- Gaius Octavius, father of Caesar Augustus
Categories
59 BC