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 |
| 52 BC by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 52 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 702 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1895 – -1894 |
| Berber calendar | 899 |
| Buddhist calendar | 493 |
| Burmese calendar | -689 |
| Chinese calendar | 2585/2645 (戊辰年) — to —
2586/2646(己巳年) |
| Coptic calendar | -335 – -334 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -59 – -58 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3709 – 3710 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 4 – 5 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3050 – 3051 |
| Holocene calendar | 9949 |
| Iranian calendar | 673 BP – 672 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 694 BH – 693 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2282 |
| Thai solar calendar | 492 |
Year 52 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.
[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 and capture 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
