66 BC
Appearance
250 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 250 BC CCL BC |
Ab urbe condita | 504 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 74 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy II Philadelphus, 34 |
Ancient Greek era | 132nd Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4501 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −842 |
Berber calendar | 701 |
Buddhist calendar | 295 |
Burmese calendar | −887 |
Byzantine calendar | 5259–5260 |
Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2448 or 2241 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2449 or 2242 |
Coptic calendar | −533 – −532 |
Discordian calendar | 917 |
Ethiopian calendar | −257 – −256 |
Hebrew calendar | 3511–3512 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −193 – −192 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 2851–2852 |
Holocene calendar | 9751 |
Iranian calendar | 871 BP – 870 BP |
Islamic calendar | 898 BH – 897 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2084 |
Minguo calendar | 2161 before ROC 民前2161年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1717 |
Seleucid era | 62/63 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 293–294 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) −123 or −504 or −1276 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) −122 or −503 or −1275 |
Gregorian calendar | 66 BC LXVI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 688 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 258 |
- Pharaoh | Ptolemy XII Auletes, 15 |
Ancient Greek era | 178th Olympiad, year 3 |
Assyrian calendar | 4685 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −658 |
Berber calendar | 885 |
Buddhist calendar | 479 |
Burmese calendar | −703 |
Byzantine calendar | 5443–5444 |
Chinese calendar | 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 2632 or 2425 — to — 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 2633 or 2426 |
Coptic calendar | −349 – −348 |
Discordian calendar | 1101 |
Ethiopian calendar | −73 – −72 |
Hebrew calendar | 3695–3696 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | −9 – −8 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3035–3036 |
Holocene calendar | 9935 |
Iranian calendar | 687 BP – 686 BP |
Islamic calendar | 708 BH – 707 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2268 |
Minguo calendar | 1977 before ROC 民前1977年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1533 |
Seleucid era | 246/247 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 477–478 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 61 or −320 or −1092 — to — 阴木兔年 (female Wood-Rabbit) 62 or −319 or −1091 |
Year 66 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
- Consuls: Manius Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Volcatius Tullus.
- Catiline accused of conspiring against the Roman Republic with Autronius and the younger Sulla (also in 63 during the Consulship of Cicero)
- The alliance between Mithridates VI of Pontus and Tigranes II of Armenia is broken.
- Battle of the Lycus — Pompey the Great decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the Third Mithridatic War.
- Gaius Antonius elected Roman Praetor.
- The lex Manilia, supported by Cicero gives Pompey command over all of Asia.
- Cicero becomes praetor of Sicily.
Judea
- Aristobulus II becomes king and high priest of Judea, until 63 BC
Births
Deaths
- Licinius Macer, Roman annalist