70 BC Chr.
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The Parthian King Sinatrukes dies. |
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70 BC In other calendars | |
Buddhist calendar | 474/475 (southern Buddhism); 473/474 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle ; Year of the metal pig 辛亥 ( at the beginning of the year metal dog 庚戌) |
Greek calendar | 2nd / 3rd Year of the 177th Olympiad |
Jewish calendar | 3691/92 |
Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXXXIV (684) |
Seleucid era | Babylon: 241/242; Syria: 242/243 |
Events
Politics and world events
- Cicero's speeches against Verres
- Phraates III. succeeds his late father Sinatrukes as Parthian ruler.
science and technology
- around 70 BC Chr .: Geminos of Rhodes proves that the fixed stars are not at the same distance to the earth.
Disasters
- June 1 : Zhucheng and Changle earthquakes , Shandong Province, China.
Born
- October 15 : Virgil , Roman poet († 19 BC )
- around 70 BC Chr .: Gaius Maecenas , Roman politician († 8 BC )
- around 70 BC Chr .: Gaius Cornelius Gallus , Roman politician and poet († 27/26 BC)
- around 70 BC Chr .: Lucius Varius Rufus , Roman poet († around 15 BC)
- around 70 BC Chr .: Quinctilius Varus , Roman knight († 24/23 BC)
Died
- Mithridates I , King of Commagene
- Sinatrukes , Parthian king (* around 157 BC)
- around 70 BC Chr .: Zenon of Sidon , Greek philosopher (* around 150 BC)
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