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71 BCEMarcus Licinius Crassus crushes the Spartacus slave revolt in southern Italy.
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70 BCEPompey and Crassus are made consuls.
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67 BCEPompey assembles a naval fleet and attacks Pamphylia and Cilicia, principally to repress piracy.
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67 BCEThe Gabinian Law is passed, giving Pompey great power to deal with pirates.
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66 BCEThe Manilian Law is passed, giving Pompey great power to deal with Mithridates VI of Pontus.
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63 BCEThe Roman general Pompey defeats the Seleucid Antiochus XIII and incorporates Syria as a province of the Roman empire.
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62 BCEPompey returns to Italy, and disbands his army upon landing.
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60 BCE - 53 BCEFirst Triumvirate' between Caesar, Pompey and Crassus.
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58 BCE - 51 BCEJulius Caesar's conquest of Gaul.
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58 BCECaesar attacks the Helvetii while on migration and defeats them.
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58 BCE - 57 BCECicero is exiled from Rome.
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57 BCEA Roman army under Caesar narrowly defeats an army of Nervii, Atrebates, and Viromandui.
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56 BCEThe navies of Rome and the Veneti Gauls clash resulting in a Roman victory. This is the first recorded naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean.
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55 BCEPompey the Great builds the first permanent stone theatre in Rome.
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55 BCEMarcus Licinius Crassus is made consul for the second time and departs on campaign in Parthia.
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55 BCECaesar attempts to invade Britain.
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54 BCECaesar successfully invades Britain but withdraws to Gaul.
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54 BCE - 29 BCEForum of Caesar constructed in Rome by Julius Caesar as another area to conduct judicial business. It is the best surviving of his monuments.
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53 BCEBattle of Carrhae. Crassus is captured and executed by the Parthians.
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49 BCECaesar crosses the Rubicon. Civil war between Caesar and Pompey begins.
