invades Armenia (Battle of Tigranocerta) and reestablishes the Seleucids in Syria. 68 BC: Pompey replaces Lucullus as leader of the Roman forces in the Third Mithridatic War. 68 BC: Huo Guang dies and Emperor Xuan of Han assumes full power. The Huo clan is eliminated over the following two years. 67 BC: Pompey is given a three-year extraordinary command against the pirates plaguing the Mediterranean and defeats them in forty days. 66 BC: Pompey drives Mithridates VI out of Asia Minor (Battle of the Lycus). 66 BC: Aristobulus II seizes power from John Hyrcanus II in Judea. 63 BC: Mithridates VI commits suicide, ending the Third Mithridatic War. 63 BC: Cicero denounces and defeats the Catilinarian conspiracy. 63 BC: Pompey captures Jerusalem, and establishes Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. He also permanently abolishes Seleucid Syria. Aristobulus II of Judea removed from power & John Hyrcanus II restored as Roman vassal. 62 BC: Nabataean kingdom becomes a Roman vassal. 61 BC: Orgetorix and the Helvetii's attempt to migrate into southwestern France leads Julius Caesar to take military action, beginning the Gallic Wars 60 BC: Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus form the First Triumvirate c. 60 BC: The Sakas conquer Mathura. 50s BC 58 BC: Battle of Bibracte - Julius Caesar conquers the Helvetii 58 BC: Germans invade Gaul and are defeated by Julius Caesar at Battle of Vosges (58 BC). 58 BC: Clodius becomes the leading figure in Roman urban politics. Cicero goes into exile. 58 BC: Huhanye rebels against his distant cousin Woyanqudi Chanyu of the Xiongyu, beginning the Xiongnu civil war. 57 BC: Julius Caesar invades and defeats the Belgae at the Battle of the Sabis. 57 BC: Cicero recalled from exile through the machinations of Milo and his mob. 57 BC: Silla is founded in southeastern Korea (traditional date according to Samguk Sagi, a 12th-century historical document). 56 BC: Vikramaditya defeats the Sakas at Ujjain and founds the Vikram Samvat calendar era. 55-54 BC: Caesar's invasions of Britain. 54-53 BC: Ambiorix's revolt against Julius Caesar in Gaul. 53 BC: The Parthians defeat the Romans under Crassus in the Battle of Carrhae, ending the First Triumvirate. 53 BC: Clodius dies during mob violence in Rome. His followers burn down the Senate house. 53 BC: Huhanye Chanyu of the Xiongnu become a Chinese vassal. 52 BC: Pompey joins the Optimates and becomes sole Consul in Rome. 52