53 BC

Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Calvinus (or, less frequently, year 701 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 53 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.

Millennium: 1st millennium BC
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
53 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar53 BC
LII BC
Ab urbe condita701
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 271
- PharaohPtolemy XII Auletes, 28
Ancient Greek era181st Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar4698
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−645
Berber calendar898
Buddhist calendar492
Burmese calendar−690
Byzantine calendar5456–5457
Chinese calendar丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
2644 or 2584
     to 
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
2645 or 2585
Coptic calendar−336 – −335
Discordian calendar1114
Ethiopian calendar−60 – −59
Hebrew calendar3708–3709
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat4–5
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3048–3049
Holocene calendar9948
Iranian calendar674 BP – 673 BP
Islamic calendar695 BH – 694 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2281
Minguo calendar1964 before ROC
民前1964年
Nanakshahi calendar−1520
Seleucid era259/260 AG
Thai solar calendar490–491
Tibetan calendar阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
74 or −307 or −1079
     to 
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
75 or −306 or −1078

Events

Roman Republic

  • Consuls: Marcus Valerius Messalla and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus.
  • Parthian War:
  • Gallic War:
    • Julius Caesar suppresses a revolt led by Ambiorix near Sabis (Northern Gaul).
    • At Cenabum (modern Orléans) Roman merchants are massacred by the Carnutes.
    • Vercingetorix, an Arverni chieftain, leads a revolt against Caesar in Central Gaul.
    • Winter Caesar enrolls non-citizen soldiers in Gallia Transalpina, genesis of Legio V Alaudae. He increases his army to ten legions.[1]

Armenia

  • Artavasdes II becomes king of Armenia.

Births

  • Aristobulus III, high priest of Jerusalem (d. 36 BC)
  • Yang Xiong, Chinese politician and philosopher (d. AD 18)

Deaths

References

  1. Nic Fields (2010). Osprey: Command – Julius Caesar, (p. 20). ISBN 978-1-84603-928-7
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