63 BC.html

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 v • d • e

**63 BC in other calendars**
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
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Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

Events

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 becomes king under Roman suzerainty.
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.

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