70 BC Chr.

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Heads of state

70 BC Chr.
The Parthian King Sinatrukes dies.
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

Representation of Virgil in a mosaic from the 3rd century AD in Trier

• 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)

Web links

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