70s BC

Events

• Spartacus leads the slaves against Rome. His army was eventually defeated, and Spartacus is killed in battle, by Roman legionaries under Marcus Licinius Crassus.
• In Rome, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus becomes the third member of the Second Triumvirate, with Mark Antony and Octavian.
• The city of Tigranakert of Artsakh is built in Armenia.
• Salome Alexandria becomes queen of Judea after her husband dies.
• Hycarnus II becomes the high priest of Jerusalem until 66 BC.
• Pamplona is built in Spain