64 BC

Millennium:	1st millenniumBC
Centuries:	2nd centuryBC 1st centuryBC 1st century
Decades:	80sBC 70sBC 60sBC 50sBC 40sBC
Years:	67BC 66BC 65BC 64BC 63BC 62BC 61BC

64 BC in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	64 BC LXIV BC
Ab urbe condita	690
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIIIdynasty,260
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes,17
Ancient Greek era	179thOlympiad(victor)¹
Assyrian calendar	4687
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−656
Berber calendar	887
Buddhist calendar	481
Burmese calendar	−701
Byzantine calendar	5445–5446
Chinese calendar	Bính thầnNăm (FireDragon) 2634 or 2427 — to — Đinh Tị năm (FireSnake) 2635 or 2428
Coptic calendar	−347 – −346
Discordian calendar	1103
Ethiopian calendar	−71 – −70
Hebrew calendar	3697–3698
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	−7 – −6
-Shaka Samvat	N/A
-Kali Yuga	3037–3038
Holocene calendar	9937
Iranian calendar	685 BP – 684 BP
Islamic calendar	706 BH – 705 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2270
Minguo calendar	1975 beforeROC Dân trước 1975 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−1531
Seleucid era	248/249AG
Thai solar calendar	479–480
Tibetan calendar	Dương hỏa long năm (male Fire-Dragon) 63 or −318 or −1090 — to — Âm hỏa xà năm (female Fire-Snake) 64 or −317 or −1089

Coin ofAntiochus XIII(r. 69–64 BC)

Year64 BCwas a year of thepre-Julian Roman calendar.At the time it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Caesar and Figulus(or, less frequently,year 690Ab urbe condita). The denomination 64 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Pompeydestroys thekingdom of Pontus;kingMithridates VIcommits suicide after escaping to theCrimea.
• Pompey annexesSyriaand capturesJerusalem,anne xingJudea.

Syria

• KingAntiochus XIII Asiaticusis deposed and killed by the Syrian chieftainSampsiceramus I– this is considered by some the end of theSeleucid dynasty.

• 64 BC Syria earthquake,mentioned in catalogues of historical earthquakes. It affected the region ofSyriaand may have caused structural damage in the city ofJerusalem.

Births

• Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus,Roman general andconsul(d.AD 8)
• Nicolaus of Damascus,Jewish historian andphilosopher(approximate date)
• Strabo,Greek philosopher and historian inAmaseia

Deaths

• Antiochus XIII Asiaticus,king of theSeleucid Empire

References

Bibliography

• Karcz, Iaakov (2004)."Implications of some early Jewish sources for estimates of earthquake hazard in the Holy Land".Annals of Geophysics.47:759–792.RetrievedApril 2,2020.