57 BC
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| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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| 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: | 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC – 57 BC – 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC |
| 57 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 57 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 697 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4694 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1900–-1899 |
| Bengali calendar | -649 |
| Berber calendar | 894 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 488 |
| Burmese calendar | -694 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5452–5453 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸亥年 (2580/2640) — to —
甲子年(2581/2641) |
| Coptic calendar | -340–-339 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -64–-63 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3704–3705 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 0–1 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3045–3046 |
| Holocene calendar | 9944 |
| Iranian calendar | 678 BP – 677 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 699 BH – 698 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2277 |
| Minguo calendar | 1968 before ROC 民前1968年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 487 |
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Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 697 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 57 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: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos Iunior.
- Julius Caesar sent Servius Sulpicius Galba with Legio XII Fulminata into the country of the Nantuates, Seduni and the Veragri. He occupies the oppidum Octodurus (modern Martigny) in Switzerland.
- Gallic Wars:
- May – Battle of the Axona: Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of the Suessiones.
- July – Caesar defeats the Nervii in the Battle of the Sabis.
- September – The siege and capture of Aduatuca (Tongeren) by Caesar.
[edit] Parthia
- Mithridates III becomes king of Parthia.
[edit] Asia
- Vikramaditya established Vikram era in 57 BC.
- Bak Hyeokgeose becomes the first ruler of the kingdom of Silla (traditional date).
- The city of Gwangju (the sixth largest city in South Korea) is founded.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Phraates III, king of Parthia
- Cleopatra VI of Egypt
