66 BC Chr.
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| 66 BC Chr. | |
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 Armenia under Tigranes II becomes tributary to Rome . |
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| 66 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 478/479 (southern Buddhism); 477/478 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle , year of the wooden hare 乙卯 ( at the beginning of the year wooden tiger 甲寅) |
| Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 178th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3695/96 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXXXVIII (688) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 245/246; Syria: 246/247 |
Events
- Gnaeus Pompeius is based on the Lex Manilia commander-in-chief of Rome in the war against Mithridates VI. In addition to the Empire of Asia Minor, he conquered other parts of the Middle East , such as Syria , which until then belonged to the Seleucid Empire . Without having been commissioned to do this, he arranged the Roman sphere of influence in the east.
- First Catilinarian conspiracy : an assassination attempt against the consuls fails, and with it a planned coup.
Died
- Gaius Licinius Macer , Roman politician and historian
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