61 BC

Year 61 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Calpurnianus and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 693 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 61 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.

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century
Decades:	80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC
Years:	64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC

61 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	61 BC LXI BC
Ab urbe condita	693
Ancient Egypt era	XXXIII dynasty, 263
- Pharaoh	Ptolemy XII Auletes, 20
Ancient Greek era	179th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	4690
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−653
Berber calendar	890
Buddhist calendar	484
Burmese calendar	−698
Byzantine calendar	5448–5449
Chinese calendar	己未年 (Earth Goat) 2637 or 2430     — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 2638 or 2431
Coptic calendar	−344 – −343
Discordian calendar	1106
Ethiopian calendar	−68 – −67
Hebrew calendar	3700–3701
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−4 – −3
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3040–3041
Holocene calendar	9940
Iranian calendar	682 BP – 681 BP
Islamic calendar	703 BH – 702 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	2273
Minguo calendar	1972 before ROC 民前1972年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1528
Seleucid era	251/252 AG
Thai solar calendar	482–483
Tibetan calendar	阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 66 or −315 or −1087     — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 67 or −314 or −1086

Events

By place

Roman Republic

• Pompey returns to Rome with a triumph in honor of his for victories in the eastern provinces.
• Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi as consul attempts to gain ratification of Pompey's Eastern Settlement.
• Julius Caesar becomes governor in Hispania and creates Legio X Gemina (3,500 men). He puts down the Callaici and Lusitani rebellions.

Deaths

• Quintus Marcius Rex, Roman consul and general