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Year '''62 BC''' was a year of the [[Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman calendar]]. At the time it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Murena''' (or, less frequently, '''year 692 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 62 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.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Roman Republic ====
* [[January 5]] &ndash; The forces of the conspirator [[Catiline]] are defeated by the loyal Roman armies of [[Antonius Hybrida]] led by [[Marcus Petreius]] in the [[Battle of Pistoria]].
* [[Julius Caesar]] divorces [[Pompeia (wife of Julius Caesar)|Pompeia]], following the sacrilege of [[Publius Clodius Pulcher]].
* [[Cicero]] delivers his [[Pro Archia Poeta]] in defense of [[Aulus Licinius Archias]]' claim to [[Roman citizenship]].
* [[Cato the Younger]], as [[tribune]], presents a ''lex frumentaria'' ([[Promulgation|enacting]] a grain [[Welfare spending|dole]]).
* [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos (consul 57 BC)|Metellus Nepos]], also tribune, leaves [[Ancient Rome|Rome]].
* Caesar and Bibulus are [[praetors]].

==== Commagene ====
* King [[Antiochus I Theos of Commagene]] builds his mountain-top tomb-sanctuary at [[Mount Nemrut]].
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== Births ==
* [[Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator]], king ([[pharaoh]]) of [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Egypt]] (d. [[47 BC]])

== Deaths ==
* [[Catiline|Lucius Sergius Catilina]], Roman politician (b. [[108 BC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catiline-Roman-politician|title=Catiline|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=22 March 2026}}</ref>
* [[Quintus Roscius Gallus]], Roman actor (b. c. [[126 BC]])
* [[Zhang Anshi]], Chinese official of the [[Han dynasty|Han Dynasty]] 

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