The world in 63 BC — what happened that year

15 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

Pompey marches with Roman troops and Syrian auxiliaries against Aristobulus at Alexandreion (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews BJ 1.133–137)
While the factions of Aristobulus and Hyrcanus split inside Jerusalem, Pompey fills the ditch and ravine north of the Temple and assaults it (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews BJ 1.145–147)
Pompey and his men enter the sanctuary that no one had ever seen — the nation's greatest wound (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews BJ 1.152–154)
When Pompey comes to Damascus, Aristobulus and Hyrcanus come to plead their claims to the kingship (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 14.34)
Pompey goes to attack Aristobulus by way of Pella and Scythopolis (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 14.49)
Pompey camps at Jericho and heads for Jerusalem (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 14.54)
Pompey keeps building earthworks even on the Sabbath, breaches the wall and takes Jerusalem, with Faustus first on the wall (Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews 14.69)
Pompey marches toward Petra, but many of his men criticize it (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Pompey 41.1)

After returning home, Lucullus is granted a triumph after much entreaty (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Lucullus 37.2)
Cato speaks in the Senate on the execution of Catiline's associates (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Cato Minor 23.2)
Catiline leaves the city with 300 armed men and joins Manlius (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Cicero 16.4)
Cicero hands Lentulus over to prison and orders his execution (Plutarch's Parallel Lives Plut. Cicero 22.2)
Giving up hope of gaining the province of Egypt, he stood for chief pontiff with enormous bribes. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Julius 13)
When the Catilinarian conspiracy was discovered, he reminded the advocates of severe punishment of the blame of posterity, and had consul-elect Silanus soften his proposal. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Julius 14)
Born in the year when Cicero and Antony were consuls, on 23 September, just before sunrise, in the Palatine district. (Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars Augustus 5 (영역 Thomson 장 번호; 라틴 5장))

Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.