70. Death of Alexandra, widow of Jannaeus; she nominates her son, Hyrcanus, as her successor; but his brother, Aristobulus, usurps the throne of Judea.
Pompey and Crassus, previously at variance, are reconciled during their joint consulship.
Cicero's six orations (the first only being actually delivered) against Verres, who, when governor of Sicily, had plundered the island of property, art treasures, etc.
Birth of Vergil.
69. Lucullus crosses the Euphrates, captures Tigranocerta, and defeats Tigranes, who had succored Mithridates in Armenia.
68. Lucullus defeats Tigranes and takes Nisibis.
67. A mutiny in the Roman army caused by the appointment of Glabrio to succeed Lucullus.
Pompey crushes the pirates of Cilicia and makes it a Roman province.
Julius Cæsar is quaestor in Spain.
Metellus completes the conquest of Crete for the Romans.