Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known in jest as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Bibulus' Social withdrawal from public view to "consult the heavens" in an effort to invalidate Caesar's intended legislation). The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC). Caesar makes the gazette Acta Diurna (Daily News) public. The Acta contains details of official decrees and appointments; births, deaths, and marriages. Even sport results—the outcome of the gladiatorial contests and chariot races at the capital.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus (known in jest as "the consulship of Julius and Caesar" due to Bibulus' Social withdrawal from public view to "consult the heavens" in an effort to invalidate Caesar's intended legislation).source
The First Triumvirate: Caesar, Pompey and Crassus form an unofficial alliance (or 60 BC).source
Exploration & Expansion
The colonia of Florentia, modern Florence, founded.source
Caesar makes the gazette Acta Diurna (Daily News) public. The Acta contains details of official decrees and appointments; births, deaths, and marriages. Even sport results—the outcome of the gladiatorial contests and chariot races at the capital.source
Births
Artavasdes I, king of Media Atropatene (approximate date)source
Ptolemy XIV, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (or 60 BC)source
Livia, Roman empress as the second wife of Augustussource
Livy, Roman historian and writer (approximate date)source
Deaths
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer, Roman consulsource