Editing 66 BC

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Year '''66 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 Lepidus and Tullus''' (or, less frequently, '''year 688 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 66 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 ====
* [[Consul]]s: [[Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 66 BCE)|Manius Aemilius Lepidus]] and [[Lucius Volcatius Tullus (consul 66 BC)|Lucius Volcatius Tullus]].
* [[Catiline]] accused of conspiring against the [[Roman Republic]] with [[Autronius]] and the younger [[Publius Cornelius Sulla|Sulla]] (also in [[63 BC]] during the consulship of [[Cicero]]).
* The alliance between [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]] and [[Tigranes II of Armenia]] is broken.
* Tigranes II is forced to surrender, by a payment of 6,000 [[talent (measurement)|talents]], and is reinstated by Pompey as a "friend of the Roman people" to hold [[Armenia]] as a buffer zone.
* [[Battle of the Lycus]]: [[Pompey the Great]] decisively defeats Mithridates VI, effectively ending the [[Third Mithridatic War]].
* [[Gaius Antonius]] elected Roman [[praetor]].
* The ''[[lex Manilia]]'', supported by [[Cicero]] gives Pompey command over all of [[Asia minor|Asia]].
* Cicero becomes [[praetor]] in [[Rome]].

==== Judea ====
* [[Aristobulus II]] becomes king and high priest of [[Judea]], until [[63 BC]].
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== Births ==
* [[Octavia the Younger|Octavia]] ('''the Younger'''), grandniece of [[Julius Caesar]] (d. [[11 BC]]) {{sfn|Moore|2017|p=9}}

== Deaths ==
* [[Licinius Macer]], Roman annalist

== Citations ==
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==References==
* {{cite web |last=Moore |first=Katrina |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/268659771.pdf |title=Octavia Minor and the Transition from Republic to Empire |publisher=Clemson University |date=2017 }}

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