57 BC

Year 57 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Contemporaneously, in the Roman Republic, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Metellus (or, less frequently, year 697 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 57 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:
57 BC in various calendars
Gregorian calendar57 BC
LVI BC
Ab urbe condita697
Ancient Egypt eraXXXIII dynasty, 267
- PharaohPtolemy XII Auletes, 24
Ancient Greek era180th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar4694
Balinese saka calendarN/A
Bengali calendar−649
Berber calendar894
Buddhist calendar488
Burmese calendar−694
Byzantine calendar5452–5453
Chinese calendar癸亥年 (Water Pig)
2640 or 2580
     to 
甲子年 (Wood Rat)
2641 or 2581
Coptic calendar−340 – −339
Discordian calendar1110
Ethiopian calendar−64 – −63
Hebrew calendar3704–3705
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat0–1
 - Shaka SamvatN/A
 - Kali Yuga3044–3045
Holocene calendar9944
Iranian calendar678 BP – 677 BP
Islamic calendar699 BH – 698 BH
Javanese calendarN/A
Julian calendarN/A
Korean calendar2277
Minguo calendar1968 before ROC
民前1968年
Nanakshahi calendar−1524
Seleucid era255/256 AG
Thai solar calendar486–487
Tibetan calendar阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
70 or −311 or −1083
     to 
阳木鼠年
(male Wood-Rat)
71 or −310 or −1082

Events

Roman Republic

  • Consuls: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos.
  • Second year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars:
    • Spring Julius Caesar raises a further two legions (Legio XIII and Legio XIV), bringing his army in Gaul to eight legions (at which strength it remains until 54 BC).
    • Caesar sends Servius Sulpicius Galba with Legio XII into the territory of the Nantuates, Seduni and the Veragri. He occupies Octodurus (modern-day Martigny) in Switzerland.
    • Caesar defeats a Belgic army near Bibrax (modern-day Laon) in the territory of the Remi. He moves northwards against the Belgic tribes, the Nervii and the Aduatuci.[1]
    • May Battle of the Axona: Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of the Suessiones.
    • July Battle of the Sabis: Caesar defeats the Nervii, Roman forces are almost annihilated in an ambush.
    • September The siege and capture of Aduatuca (modern-day Tongeren) by Caesar.

Parthia

  • Mithridates IV becomes king of Parthia.

Asia

  • King Vikramaditya establishes the Vikram era.
  • Bak Hyeokgeose becomes the first ruler of the kingdom of Silla (traditional date).[2]
  • The city of Gwangju (the sixth largest city in South Korea) is founded.

Births

    Deaths

    • Boduognatus, leader of the Nervii
    • Cleopatra VI, queen of Egypt
    • Phraates III, king of Parthia

    References

    1. Nic Fields (2014). Alesia 52 BC: The Final struggle for Gaul, p. 13. ISBN 978-1-78200-922-1.
    2. "List of Rulers of Korea". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
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