51 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC – 50s BC – 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC |
| Years: | 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC – 51 BC – 50 BC 49 BC 48 BC |
| 51 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 51 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 703 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4700 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1894–-1893 |
| Bengali calendar | -643 |
| Berber calendar | 900 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 494 |
| Burmese calendar | -688 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5458–5459 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年 (2586/2646) — to —
庚午年(2587/2647) |
| Coptic calendar | -334–-333 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -58–-57 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3710–3711 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 6–7 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3051–3052 |
| Holocene calendar | 9950 |
| Iranian calendar | 672 BP – 671 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 693 BH – 692 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2283 |
| Minguo calendar | 1962 before ROC 民前1962年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 493 |
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Year 51 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Sulpicius (or, less frequently, year 703 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 51 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.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Republic
- Consuls: Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
- Pompey demands that Julius Caesar lay down his command before he can stand for consul.
[edit] Egypt
- Spring – Pharaoh Ptolemy XII dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII.
[edit] Asia
[edit] Births
- Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman governor of Syria
- Cheng, Emperor of the Han Dynasty of China (d. 7 BC)
[edit] Deaths
- Spring – Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt
- Posidonius of Apamea, Greek philosopher, astronomer, geographer
