Editing 1st century BC (section)

===60s BC===
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* [[69 BC]]: [[Lucullus]] invades [[Artaxiad dynasty|Armenia]] ([[Battle of Tigranocerta]]) and reestablishes the [[Seleucids]] in Syria.
* [[68 BC]]: [[Pompey]] replaces [[Lucullus]] as leader of the Roman forces in the [[Third Mithridatic War]].
* [[68 BC]]: [[Huo Guang]] dies and [[Emperor Xuan of Han]] assumes full power. The Huo clan is eliminated over the following two years.
* [[67 BC]]: [[Pompey]] is given a three-year [[Lex Gabinia|extraordinary command]] against the pirates plaguing the [[Mediterranean]] and defeats them in forty days.
* [[66 BC]]: [[Pompey]] drives [[Mithridates VI]] out of Asia Minor ([[Battle of the Lycus]]).<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[66 BC]]: [[Aristobulus II]] seizes power from [[John Hyrcanus II]] in [[Hasmonean dynasty|Judea]].
* [[63 BC]]: [[Mithridates VI]] commits suicide, ending the [[Third Mithridatic War]].<ref name=UNRV/>
* [[63 BC]]: [[Cicero]] denounces and defeats the [[Second Catilinarian Conspiracy|Catilinarian conspiracy]].
* [[63 BC]]: [[Pompey]] captures [[Jerusalem]], and establishes Roman annexation of [[Judea]] as a client kingdom. He also permanently abolishes [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid Syria]]. [[Aristobulus II]] of [[Hasmonean dynasty|Judea]] removed from power & [[John Hyrcanus II]] restored as Roman vassal.
* [[62 BC]]: [[Nabataean kingdom]] becomes a Roman vassal.
* [[61 BC]]: [[Orgetorix]] and the Helvetii's attempt to migrate into southwestern France leads Julius Caesar to take military action, beginning the [[Gallic Wars]]
* [[60 BC]]: [[Julius Caesar]], [[Pompey]], and [[Marcus Licinius Crassus|Crassus]] form the [[First Triumvirate]]
* c. [[60 BC]]: the [[Sakas]] conquer [[Mathura]].