59 BC

Centuries: 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century

Decades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC – 50s BC – 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC

Years: 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC

Events

• The First Triumvirate: Pompey, Julius Caesar and Crassus form an alliance (or 60 BC).
• Julius Caesar marries Calpurnia, in Rome.
• The consulship of Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, also called the consulship of Julius and Caesar

Births

• Livy, Roman historian.
• Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (or 60 BC).

Deaths

• Gaius Octavius, father of Caesar Augustus