56 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:	59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC

56 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	56 BC
Ab urbe condita	698
Armenian calendar	N/A
Chinese calendar	2581/2641 (甲子年) — to — 2582/2642 (乙丑年)
Ethiopian calendar	-63 – -62
Hebrew calendar	3705 – 3706
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	0 – 1
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3046 – 3047
Iranian calendar	677 BP – 676 BP
Islamic calendar	698 BH – 697 BH
Japanese calendar
- Imperial Year	Kōki 605 (皇紀605年)
- Jōmon Era	9945
Thai solar calendar	488

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Rome

• Consuls: Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus and Lucius Marcius Philippus.
• Clodia accuses her former lover Marcus Caelius Rufus of trying to poison her. The trial ends with the defendant acquitted thanks to the Pro Caelio speech of Marcus Tullius Cicero. There is no further mention of the previously famous Clodia.
• Gallic War:
  • Julius Caesar defeats the Veneti of Brittany: the most decisive battle is the naval action in the Battle of Gulf of Morbihan.

[edit] Births

• Tacitus, Roman historian (approximate date).

[edit] Deaths

• Lucullus, consul.
• Tigranes the Great, king of Armenia.