62 BC
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| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
| Decades: | 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC |
| Years: | 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC - 62 BC - 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC |
| 62 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 62 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 692 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1905 – -1904 |
| Berber calendar | 889 |
| Buddhist calendar | 483 |
| Burmese calendar | -699 |
| Chinese calendar | 2575/2635 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2576/2636([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -345 – -344 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -69 – -68 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3699 – 3700 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -6 – -5 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3040 – 3041 |
| Holocene calendar | 9939 |
| Iranian calendar | 683 BP – 682 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 704 BH – 703 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2272 |
| Thai solar calendar | 482 |
Year 62 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- January 5 — The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies of Antonius Hybrida led by Gaius Antonius in the Battle of Pistoria.
- Julius Caesar divorces Pompeia, following the sacrilege of Clodius.
- Cicero delivers his Pro Archia Poeta in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias' claim to Roman citizenship.
- Cato the Younger, as tribune, presents a lex frumentaria (enacting a grain dole)
- Metellus Nepos, also tribune, leaves Rome.
- Caesar and Bibulus are praetors.
[edit] Commagene
- King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene builds his mountain-top tomb-sanctuary at Mount Nemrut.
[edit] Births
- Prince Ptolemy of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt (or 61 BC)
[edit] Deaths
- Lucius Sergius Catilina, Roman statesman, at the battle of Pistoria.
