52 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: | 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC 49 BC |
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Rome
- Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
- Pompey marries Cornelia Metella.
- Milo is tried for the murder of Clodius. Despite Cicero's legal defence (Pro Milone) he is found guilty and exiled in Massilia (today Marseille).
- Last year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars
- March - Siege of and captures of Avaricum (Bourges).
- April-May - Siege and repulse from Gergovia.
- July - Battle of the Vingeanne, an indecisive battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix.
- July - Siege of Alesia begins.
- October - Romans defeat Gauls led by Vercingetorix at the Battle of Alesia, thus breaking the back of the Gallic insurrection. The final pacification of Gaul is complete the following year.
[edit] Births
- Fenestella, Roman historian (approximate date)
- Juba II, king of Numidia
[edit] Deaths
- January 18 Publius Clodius Pulcher, murdered on the Appian Way by Titus Annius Milo.
- Surena - Parthian General (b. 84 BC)
- Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt
