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Events

By place

Rome

Births

Deaths

Events

By place

Rome

★ January — The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman armies under Gaius Antonius in the Battle of Pistoria.

★ Julius Caesar divorced Pompeia, following the sacrilege of Clodius.

★ Cicero delivers his Pro Archia Poeta in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias' claim to Roman citizenship.

Births

★ Prince Ptolemy of Egypt, later Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII of Egypt (or 61 BC)

Deaths

★ Lucius Sergius Catilina, Roman statesman