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Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
- Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II becomes king under Roman suzerainty.
- Julius Caesar elected Pontifex Maximus. Caesar also elected praetor for 62.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero is senior consul. He is the first novus homo (new man) to be elected to the consulship in 31 years.
- Cato the younger is elected tribune of the people for 62, taking office in early December 63.
- Catiline's conspiracy against the Roman Republic is foiled.
Births
- September 23 — Augustus Octavius Caesar, first Roman Emperor
- Strabo — Greek historian, geographer and philosopher
- Didymus Chalcenterus — Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date)
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa — Roman statesman and general
- Pharnaces II of Pontus — King of Pontus
Deaths
- Those involved in the organisation of the Catilinarian conspiracy in Rome, including Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura.
- Mithridates VI, King of Pontus
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, pontifex maximus and general
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