69 BC

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69 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 69 BC
LXVIII BC
Ab urbe condita 685
Ancient Egypt era XXXIII dynasty, 255
- Pharaoh Ptolemy XII Auletes, 12
Ancient Greek era 177th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar 4682
Balinese saka calendar N/A
Bengali calendar −661
Berber calendar 882
Buddhist calendar 476
Burmese calendar −706
Byzantine calendar 5440–5441
Chinese calendar 辛亥年 (Metal  Pig)
2628 or 2568
     to 
壬子年 (Water  Rat)
2629 or 2569
Coptic calendar −352 – −351
Discordian calendar 1098
Ethiopian calendar −76 – −75
Hebrew calendar 3692–3693
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat −12 – −11
 - Shaka Samvat N/A
 - Kali Yuga 3032–3033
Holocene calendar 9932
Iranian calendar 690 BP – 689 BP
Islamic calendar 711 BH – 710 BH
Javanese calendar N/A
Julian calendar N/A
Korean calendar 2265
Minguo calendar 1980 before ROC
民前1980年
Nanakshahi calendar −1536
Seleucid era 243/244 AG
Thai solar calendar 474–475
Tibetan calendar 阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
58 or −323 or −1095
     to 
阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
59 or −322 or −1094

Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hortensius and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 685 Ab urbe condita ). The denomination 69 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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  • Kydonia, an ancient city on the island of Crete falls to Roman military forces. [2]
  • Rhodes becomes a bulwark against pirates, the Rhodians are unable to suppress piracy in the Aegean Sea. Delos gets the status of a free port.

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References

  1. Joseph Thomas, Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, 1908, Lippincott, 2550 pages
  2. C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, Modern Antiquarian, January 23, 2008