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Year '''67 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 Piso and Glabrio''' (or, less frequently, '''year 687 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 67 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 Acilius Glabrio (consul 67 BC)|Manius Acilius Glabrio]] and [[Gaius Calpurnius Piso (consul 67 BC)|Gaius Calpurnius Piso]].
* During [[Pompey]]'s war against the pirates, he raises a fleet of 500 [[galley|warships]] and fights with great success.
* The ''[[lex Gabinia]]'' gives Pompey command of the [[Mediterranean]] and its coasts for 50 miles inland for three years. He defeats the pirates in three months and pacifies [[Cilicia]].
* Pompey divides the Mediterranean into 13 zones &ndash; six in the West and seven in the East &ndash; to each of which he assigns a fleet under an [[admiral]].
* Pompey offers the ex-pirates and their families [[clemency]], he settles them in [[agriculture|agricultural]] [[Colony|colonies]] in eastern Mediterranean lands.
* Pompey takes over the command of [[Lucullus|Lucius Licinius Lucullus]] in [[Third Mithridatic War|the war]] against [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]], and [[Harvest|reaps]] the fruit of the latter's victories.
* [[Lex Acilia Calpurnia]]: permanent exclusion from office in cases of electoral corruption.
* [[Lex Roscia theatralis]].
* [[Julius Caesar]] reconciles with Pompey and [[Crassus]]<ref name=leglay>{{cite book | title=A History of Rome | edition=Second | first1=Marcel | last1=LeGlay | first2=Jean-Louis | last2=Voisin | first3=Yann | last3=Le Bohec | page=128 | publisher=Blackwell | place=Malden, Massachusetts | year=2001 | isbn=0-631-21858-0}}</ref>
* Julius Caesar marries Pompeia, a granddaughter of [[Sulla]]<ref name=leglay/>

==== Judea ====
* [[Hyrcanus II]] becomes king of [[Judea]], for first time (until [[66 BC]]), upon the death of his mother, [[Salome Alexandra]].

==== Pontus ====
* Mithridates VI invades [[Kingdom of Pontus|Pontus]] and defeats a Roman army at the [[Battle of Zela (67 BC)|Battle of Zela]].
* After his victory at Zela Mithridates starts consolidating his power in Pontus; restoring his rule over his old kingdom.
* Lucullus returnes to Pontus, but his troops refuse to campaign for him any longer and he withdrew to [[Galatia]].

==== China ====
* December &ndash; The army of the [[Han dynasty]] Chinese commander [[Zheng Ji (Han dynasty)|Zheng Ji]] is victorious over the [[Xiongnu]] in the [[Battle of Jushi]].
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== Births ==
* [[Arsinoe IV of Egypt]], daughter of [[Ptolemy XII Auletes|Ptolemy XII]] (and probably [[Cleopatra V of Egypt|Cleopatra V]]) (d. [[41 BC]])
* [[Sextus Pompey]], Roman general and governor (d. [[35 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Lucius Cornelius Sisenna]], Roman general and historian (b. c. [[120 BC]])
* [[Salome Alexandra]], queen of [[Judea]] (b. [[139 BC]])

== References ==
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