53 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:	56 BC 55 BC 54 BC - 53 BC - 52 BC 51 BC 50 BC

53 BC in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	53 BC
Ab urbe condita	701
Armenian calendar	N/A
Bahá'í calendar	-1896 – -1895
Berber calendar	898
Buddhist calendar	492
Burmese calendar	-690
Chinese calendar	2584/2644 (丁卯年) — to — 2585/2645 (戊辰年)
Coptic calendar	-336 – -335
Ethiopian calendar	-60 – -59
Hebrew calendar	3708 – 3709
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	3 – 4
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	3049 – 3050
Holocene calendar	9948
Iranian calendar	674 BP – 673 BP
Islamic calendar	695 BH – 694 BH
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	2281
Thai solar calendar	491
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Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.

[edit] Events

[edit] By place

[edit] Rome

• Consuls: Marcus Valerius Messalla and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus.
• Parthian war
  • Crassus sacks the Temple of Hierapolis and the Temple of Jerusalem on his way to engage the Parthians.
  • Battle of Carrhae: Romans defeated, and Crassus killed, by Parthians led by Surena.
• Gallic War
  • Caesar defeats a revolt led by Ambiorix near Sabis.
  • Vercingetorix, an Arverni chieftain, leads a revolt against Caesar in Central Gaul.

[edit] Armenia

• Artavasdes II becomes king of Armenia.

[edit] Births

• Yang Xiong, Chinese philosopher

[edit] Deaths

• Marcus Licinius Crassus
• Abgar II, prince of Osroene