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The Jewish leader Judas the Maccabee captures Jerusalem and cleanses the Temple
The Roman statesman Cato the Elder writes Origines ('Origins'), a history of Rome which survives only in fragments
Rome picks a quarrel with Carthage to begin the Third Punic War
Carthage is destroyed by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War
Under the Han dynasty the Confucians become the official civil servants in China, with entry to the service regulated by examination
The Romans establish a province in the south of France, still acknowledged in the name Provence
Antipater, a Greek author living on the Phoenician coast, lists the seven wonders of the world
Sima Qian undertakes (and carries through against unusual odds) a major survey of Chinese history
The Parthians develop the site of Ctesiphon, on the east bank of the Tigris opposite Seleucia
Sulla, campaigning to the east, besieges Athens and then allows his army to loot the city
The Seleucid dynasty ends when Syria, the last remnant ruled by his family, falls to the Romans
Phoenicia is incorporated into the Roman province of Syria, with Tyre and Sidon retaining a measure of self-government
Crasssus is killed at Carrhae, in Turkey, when the Parthians defeat his army, largely thanks to their brilliance as mounted archers
In his winter quarters Julius Caesar writes The Gallic War, an account of his own achievements in suppressing the Gauls
The Phoenicians discover that a blob of molten glass can be puffed out to form a hollow vessel
A town is founded by Julius Caesar on the ruined site of Carthage, and eventually flourishes as Colonia Julia Carthago
Mark Antony summons Cleopatra to visit him in Tarsus, to answer rumours that she has been disloyal to the empire
The Egyptians declare Caesarion to be their pharaoh, but it is not long before he is executed by Octavian - bringing to an end the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt
Livy begins writing and publishing his History of Rome, a task which will occupy him for forty years
According to the Gospel account, Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem two years before the death of Herod the Great - making the date 6 BC
Herod, according to the Gospel account, orders all newly born infants in Bethlehem to be killed
Christians decide (though not until AD 525) that this is the year of Christ's birth, making it AD 1 in the Christian chronology
The defeat of three Roman legions in the Teutoberg Forest by Arminius, establishes the Rhine as a natural boundary of the Roman empire
Saul of Tarsus, later known as St Paul, has a Greek-speaking Jewish father who is a Roman citizen
The Romans construct the massive Pont du Gard to bring water to the city of Nîmes
