| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC – 60s BC – 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC |
| Years: | 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC – 63 BC – 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC |
| 63 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 63 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 691 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1906 – -1905 |
| Berber calendar | 888 |
| Buddhist calendar | 482 |
| Burmese calendar | -700 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5446 – 5447 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|]]年 (2574/2634) — to —
[[Sexagenary cycle|]]年(2575/2635) |
| Coptic calendar | -346 – -345 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -70 – -69 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3698 – 3699 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -7 – -6 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3039 – 3040 |
| Holocene calendar | 9938 |
| Iranian calendar | 684 BP – 683 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 705 BH – 704 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2271 |
| Thai solar calendar | 481 |
Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Rome
- Pompey conquers Phonecia, Coele-Syria, and Judea for Rome.
- Establishment of the Decapolis and Year 1 of the Pompeian era.
- Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II is reappointed king (ethnarch) under Roman suzerainty and high priest, until 40 BC.
- Massacre of over 12,000 Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by Roman troops in support of John Hyrcanus II against Aristobulus II.
- 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.
Pontus
- Pharnaces II becomes King of Pontus
Births
- September 23—Augustus Octavius Caesar, first Roman Emperor (d. AD 14)
- Strabo—Greek historian, geographer and philosopher (d. c. AD 24)
- Didymus Chalcenterus—Greek scholar and grammarian (approximate date) (d. c. AD 10)
- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa—Roman statesman and general (d. 12 BC)
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 (b. c. 130 BC or 127 BC)
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