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Events

By place

Rome

China

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ Gaius Julius Caesar suppressed an uprising and conquered all of Lusitania for Rome

★ Creation of the First Triumvirate, an informal political alliance between Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus (or 59 BC)

China

★ The Han Dynasty government establishes the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the highest military position of a military commander on the Western frontier (Tarim Basin)

Births

★ Prince Ptolemy of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XIV of Egypt (or 59 BC)

Deaths

★ Aretas III Philhellene, king of Petra

★ Su Wu