• Year 59 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Bibulus (or, less frequently...
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  • 59 may refer to: 59 (number) one of the years 59 BC, AD 59, 1959, 2059 59 (album), by Puffy AmiYumi 59 (golf), a round of 59 in golf "Fifty Nine", a song...
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    This article concerns the period 59 BC – 50 BC. Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known in jest as "the consulship of Julius...
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  • stem rebellion. Julius Caesar passed two pieces of agrarian legislation in 59 BC during his first consulship. They were two pieces of related legislation:...
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    Gaius Octavius (c. 100 – 59 BC) was a Roman politician. He was an ancestor to the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was the biological...
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    First Triumvirate (category 50s BC)
    Initially secret, it emerged publicly during Caesar's first consulship in 59 BC to push through legislation for the three allies. Caesar secured passage...
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    Julius Caesar (category 100 BC births)
    Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies...
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  • between Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Marcus Licinius Crassus (or 59 BC). The Seleucid Empire comes to an end with the last two emperors being murdered...
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    Pompey (category 106 BC births)
    Magnus (Latin: [ˈŋnae̯ʊs pɔmˈpeːi̯ʊs ˈmaŋnʊs]; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey (/ˈpɒmpiː/, POM-pee) or Pompey the...
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    political alliance arranged in 60 or 59 BC that lasted until the death of Crassus in the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC; they had no official capacity or function...
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