Calendar year
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 70 BC by topic |
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| Categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 70 BC LXX BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 684 |
| Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 254 |
| - Pharaoh | Ptolemy XII Auletes, 11 |
| Ancient Greek era | 177th Olympiad, year 3 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4681 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −662 |
| Berber calendar | 881 |
| Buddhist calendar | 475 |
| Burmese calendar | −707 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5439–5440 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 2628 or 2421 — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 2629 or 2422 |
| Coptic calendar | −353 – −352 |
| Discordian calendar | 1097 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −77 – −76 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3691–3692 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | −13 – −12 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3031–3032 |
| Holocene calendar | 9931 |
| Iranian calendar | 691 BP – 690 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 712 BH – 711 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | N/A |
| Korean calendar | 2264 |
| Minguo calendar | 1981 before ROC 民前1981年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1537 |
| Seleucid era | 242/243 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 473–474 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 57 or −324 or −1096 — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 58 or −323 or −1095 |
Year 70 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Crassus (or, less frequently, year 684 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 70 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- August – In Rome, Cicero prosecutes former governor Verres; Verres exiles himself to Marseille before the trial is over.
- The office of censor is reinstated.
- Lucullus captures Sinop, then invades Armenia.
Parthia
- Phraates III becomes the king of Parthia.
Births
- October 15 – Virgil, Roman poet (d. 19 BC)
- Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt (d. 30 BC)
- Crinagoras, Greek epigrammatist (d. 18 BC)
- Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (d. 8 BC)
Deaths
- Mithridates I, king of Commagene
- Sanatruces (or Sanatruk), king of Parthia