Editing 64 BC

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[[File:Antiochos XIII Asiatikos, Tetradrachm, 69-64 BC, HGC 9-1340.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Coin of [[Antiochus XIII Asiaticus|Antiochus XIII]] (r. 69–64 BC)]]
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Year '''64 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Figulus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 690 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 64 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[Pompey]] destroys the [[kingdom of Pontus]]; king [[Mithridates VI]] commits suicide after escaping to the [[Crimean Peninsula|Crimea]].
* Pompey annexes [[Syria]] and captures [[Jerusalem]], annexing [[Judea]].

==== Syria ====
* King [[Antiochus XIII Asiaticus]] is deposed and killed by the Syrian chieftain [[Sampsiceramus I]]<ref>Appian, ''Syriaca'' VIII 49, XI 70, Justin, ''Historiarum Philippicarum T. Pompeii Trogi'' XL 2.2, [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''Bibliotheca Historica'' XL 1a-b.</ref>  – this is considered by some the end of the [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid dynasty]].
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*[[64 BC Syria earthquake]], mentioned in catalogues of historical earthquakes. It affected the region of [[Syria (region)|Syria]] and may have caused structural damage in the city of [[Jerusalem]].<ref name="Karcz">Karcz, 2004, p. 770-773</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus]], Roman general and [[Roman consul|consul]] (d. [[AD 8]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=John |title=The Oxford dictionary of the classical world |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780192801463 |page=799}}</ref>
* [[Nicolaus of Damascus]], Jewish historian and [[philosopher]] (approximate date)
* [[Strabo]], Greek philosopher and historian in [[Amaseia]]<ref>{{cite web | first=Francois | last=Lassere | title=Strabo | access-date=February 23, 2024 | series=Encyclopædia Britannica | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Strabo}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[Antiochus XIII Asiaticus]], king of the [[Seleucid Empire]]

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{cite journal |last=Karcz |first=Iaakov |year=2004 |title=Implications of some early Jewish sources for estimates of earthquake hazard in the Holy Land |url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.393.3596&rep=rep1&type=pdf |journal=[[Annals of Geophysics]] |volume=47 |pages=759–792 |accessdate=2020-04-02}}


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