51 BC
Appearance
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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51 BC by topic |
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Gregorian calendar | 51 BC LI BC |
Ab urbe condita | 703 |
Ancient Egypt era | XXXIII dynasty, 273 |
- Pharaoh | Cleopatra VII, 1 |
Ancient Greek era | 182nd Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4700 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −643 |
Berber calendar | 900 |
Buddhist calendar | 494 |
Burmese calendar | −688 |
Byzantine calendar | 5458–5459 |
Chinese calendar | 2647 or 2440 — to — 2648 or 2441 |
Coptic calendar | −334 – −333 |
Discordian calendar | 1116 |
Ethiopian calendar | −58 – −57 |
Hebrew calendar | 3710–3711 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 6–7 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3050–3051 |
Holocene calendar | 9950 |
Iranian calendar | 672 BP – 671 BP |
Islamic calendar | 693 BH – 692 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | N/A |
Korean calendar | 2283 |
Minguo calendar | 1962 before ROC |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1518 |
Seleucid era | 261/262 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 492–493 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土 (female Earth-Snake) 76 or −305 or −1077 — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 77 or −304 or −1076 |
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.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Roman Republic
[edit]- Consuls: Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
- Pompey demands that Julius Caesar lay down his command before he can stand for consul.
Egypt
[edit]- Spring – King Ptolemy XII (Auletes) dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII as co-rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Asia
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Births
[edit]- Cheng, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (d. 7 BC)
- Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman aristocrat (d. 21 AD)
Deaths
[edit]- Ariobarzanes II (Philopator), king of Cappadocia
- Julia Minor, sister of Julius Caesar (b. 100 BC)
- Marcus Atius Balbus, Roman praetor and governor (b. 105 BC)
- Posidonius, Greek philosopher, astronomer and geographer
- Ptolemy XII (Auletes), king (pharaoh) of the Ptolemaic Kingdom