51 BC
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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 | edit source]By place
[edit | edit source]Roman Republic
[edit | edit source]- Consuls: Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Servius Sulpicius Rufus.[1][2]
- Pompey demands that Julius Caesar lay down his command before he can stand for consul.[3]
Egypt
[edit | edit source]- by March 22 – Pharaoh 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.[4] By August 29, official documents start listing Cleopatra as sole ruler.[5]
Asia
[edit | edit source]- The Xiongnu split into two hordes. The Eastern horde is subject to China.[citation needed]
Births
[edit | edit source]- Cheng, Chinese emperor of the Han dynasty (d. 7 BC)
- Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, Roman aristocrat (d. 21 AD)
Deaths
[edit | edit source]- 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[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Farquhar Chilver, Guy Edward; Seager, Robin J. (2012). "Claudius (RE 229) Marcellus (4), Marcus". The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ↑ "Sulpicius Rūfus, Servius". The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World. Oxford University Press. 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Morstein-Marx, Robert (2021). "Chapter 6 - No Return". Julius Caesar and the Roman People. Cambridge University Press. pp. 272–273. ISBN 978-1-108-83784-2. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ↑ "Ptolemaic Kingdom". Dynasties of the World (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ↑ Roller, Duane W. (2010). Cleopatra: a biography. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536553-5.